Chantry Chapels: And Medieval Strategies for the Afterlife - Roffey, Simon
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Beliefs in the afterlife dominated the images, literature and liturgy of medieval church and society. This book discusses aspects of chantry chapel foundation, design and spatial arrangements, as well as their origins and the effects of the Reformation, with reference to some examples. It also considers the various types of chantry chapel.
This in-depth study reveals how chantry chapels were devised as medieval strategies for the afterlife and were one of the most important and influential institutions of the medieval period.

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Beliefs in the afterlife dominated the images, literature and liturgy of medieval church and society. This book discusses aspects of chantry chapel foundation, design and spatial arrangements, as well as their origins and the effects of the Reformation, with reference to some examples. It also considers the various types of chantry chapel.
This in-depth study reveals how chantry chapels were devised as medieval strategies for the afterlife and were one of the most important and influential institutions of the medieval period.
Autorenporträt
Dr Simon Roffey has been Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Winchester since 2002 where he lectures on various archaeological subjects, including Church Archaeology and the Archaeology of Monasticism.