The Social Lives of Medieval Rings
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The Social Lives of Medieval Rings

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The Social Lives of Medieval Rings

About this book

The essays in this volume focus on rings as small objects that have touched upon people, places, and events; rings have also featured in scholastic debates and form our modern museum collections. Contributors collectively argue that a closer look at these diminutive artifacts—both precious and mundane—alongside an assessment of their place within the visual, archaeological, and written record, and in museum contexts tells us more nuanced stories about how and why these small and sensory items were crafted and created connections between people and institutions. Their focus on the social aspects of medieval finger rings unites the contributions of nine scholars with backgrounds in art history, history, archaeology, museum studies, and collecting. Together their essays cover material roughly ranging from 1100 to 1500 in Iberia, France, England, Germany, Rus, and Byzantium.

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Yes, you can access The Social Lives of Medieval Rings by Jitske Jasperse in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & Museum Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Arc Humanities Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781802703481
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Museum Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction. Exploring the Social Lives of Rings: Motion, Gender, and Preservation
  8. Chapter 1. Haptic Histories: The Social Life of Rings in French Late Medieval Inventories and Testaments
  9. Chapter 2. Archaeological Evidence of Later Medieval and Early Modern Finger-Rings in Britain: Rings, Experiences, and Emotions
  10. Chapter 3. Changing Hands: On the Uses, Meaning, and Circulation of Rings Amongst the Iberian Nobility from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century
  11. Chapter 4. A Sign of Women’s Power: Signet Rings in Medieval Rus
  12. Chapter 5. The Social Use of Rings Among the Muslims of al-Andalus
  13. Chapter 6. As a Seal or a Sign: Bishops’ Rings and Their Metaphors
  14. Chapter 7. Authenticating the Rings of the “Nine Holy Bishops”: Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil, from Modern to Medieval Contexts
  15. Chapter 8. “Certainly a Very Fine Object”: Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, Collectors of Jewellery and Wealth in the Twentieth Century
  16. Epilogue. Inside the Vitrine: Rings in Museums Today
  17. Index of People
  18. Index of Places
  19. Index of Themes and Objects