The use and abuse of sacred places in late medieval towns / edited by Paul Trio and Marjan De Smet. - 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : illustrations, map. - Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; ser. 1, studia 38 . - Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; ser. 1, studia 38. .

Result of a colloquium organized at the Kortrijk Campus of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on 4-5 December 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Heavenly quiet and the din of war : use and abuse of religious buildings for purposes of safety, defence and strategy / Weltliche Funktionen spätmittelalterlicher Pfarrkirchen in den nördlichen Niederlanden / Praise the Lord for this peace! : the contribution of religious institutions to the ceremonial peace-proclamations in late medieval Flanders (1450-1550) / For eternal glory and remembrance : on the representation of patrons in late medieval panel paintings in the southern Low Countries / The liturgical dimension of royal representation / Sakral oder Profan? : der Kommunikationsraum Kirche / Secular uses of the mendicant priories of medieval London / St Mary Graces : a Cistercian house in late medieval London / Mayor-making and other ceremonies : shared uses of sacred space among the Kentish Cinque Ports / The role of late medieval English monasteries as expressions of patronal authority : some case studies / Marjan De Smet -- Jan Kuys -- Jacoba van Leeuwen -- Brigitte Dekeyzer -- Jenny Rahel Oesterle -- Gabriela Signori -- Jens Röhrkasten -- Emilia Jamroziak -- Sheila Sweetinburgh -- Karen Stöber.


Eight English, 2 German contributions.

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Sacred space--History--Europe--To 1500--Congresses.
Religious architecture--History--Europe--To 1500--Congresses.
Church buildings--History--Europe--To 1500--Congresses.
Church and state--History--Europe--To 1500--Congresses.
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Heilige plaatsen.
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Heiligtum.
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Church and state.
Church buildings.
Religious architecture.
Sacred space.
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