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Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521)(Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West)

Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521)(Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West)


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The Book of Donors for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6,954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. These individuals listed gifts to the cathedral construction fund given in exchange for prayers for the donors' souls. The construction administrators (the Oeuvre Notre-Dame) also built a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the nave that housed the book and showcased prayers and masses for the building benefactors. Chapel, book and west front project formed a three part commemorative strategy that appealed to the faithful of the city and successfully competed against other religious establishments also offering memorial services. Charlotte A. Stanford's study is the first to comprehensively analyze the unpublished Book of Donors manuscript and show the types and patterns of gifts made to the cathedral. It also compares these gift entries with those in earlier obituary records kept by the cathedral canons, as well as other medieval obituary notices kept by parish churches and convents in Strasbourg. Analysis of the Book of Donors notes the increase of personal details and requests in fifteenth-century entries and discusses the different memorial opportunities available to the devout. This study draws a vivid picture of life in late medieval Strasbourg as seen through the lens of devotional and memorial practices, and will be of particular interest to scholars of art history, memory, and medieval urban life.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface; The book of donors: construction and history; Architectural and liturgical context; The social and political setting; The obituary history of Strasbourg cathedral; Commemoration in Strasbourg's other churches; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author :
Charlotte A. Stanford, Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University, USA

Review :
This is a masterful new sociological and historical analysis of the roots of Nigeria's half-century of political conflict. A destabilizing lack of congruence among the authority patterns and practices of Nigeria's constituent ethnic groups extends from pre-colonial times to the present. This theoretically grounded interpretation is widely applicable elsewhere in post-colonial Africa.' Ted Robert Gurr, University of Maryland, USA 'The book is timely and insightful. It is timely given the political difficulties in Nigeria. Like South Africa, the solution of Nigeria's problems is key to the solution of Africa's problems.' Kwandiwe Kondlo, University of the Free State, South Africa'... political instability and democratic transition in modern Nigeria has been documented in several books and journal articles, but none of these has captured the nuances of Nigerian politics and society than the recently-published book by Professor E.C. Ejiogu... This brilliantly-written book is certainly a welcome addition to the growing body of work on the failed state in Nigeria... the author's arguments are laid out brilliantly in the introductory chapter of the book... Ejiogu deserves commendation for his bold, clear, and straight forward 'in your face' analysis throughout the 11 chapters of this book...' Journal of Asian and African Studies 'It is a very useful book and an important addition to a small Anglophone literature of late medieval religiosity of Strasbourg, but more importantly as a study of commemorative practices in a late medieval cathedral and, as such, a useful comparative case for future studies of a similar kind.' H-France '… this is more than just a microstudy of one particular manuscript. Although the author admits that this is not an exhaustive investigation, she does much more than introduce the Book of Donors to a wider scholarly audience: with her meticulous scrutiny she provides valuable insights into the social history of medieval Strasbourg, the piety of its citizens, and the importance of memoria in medieval society.' Church Monuments


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781409434726
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521)
  • ISBN-10: 1409434729
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Series Title: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
  • Width: 156 mm


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