{"product_id":"standing-on-holy-ground-in-the-middle-ages-hardback-9781501751127","title":"Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages (Hardback) 9781501751127","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStanding on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLucy Donkin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501751127\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 76 color halftones, 4 b\u0026amp;w line drawings - 4 Halftones, black and white - 76 Halftones, color - 4 Line drawings, black and white\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.361 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an important book that inaugurates a paradigm shift in the study of religious architecture and ritual. Lucy Donkin draws the reader's gaze downwards to the paving within church interiors, calling her readers to consider religious space from the bottom up. The surface of the ground, she argues, 'played a crucial and hitherto underestimated role in the definition of places and people during the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e (English Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanding on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e illuminates how the floor surface shaped the ways in which people in medieval western Europe and beyond experienced sacred spaces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ground beneath our feet plays a crucial, yet often overlooked, role in our relationship with the environments we inhabit and the spaces with which we interact. By focusing on this surface as a point of encounter, Lucy Donkin positions it within a series of vertically stacked layers—the earth itself, permanent and temporary floor coverings, and the bodies of the living above ground and the dead beneath—providing new perspectives on how sacred space was defined and decorated, including the veneration of holy footprints, consecration ceremonies, and the demarcation of certain places for particular activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a wide array of visual and textual sources, \u003ci\u003eStanding on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e also details ways in which interaction with this surface shaped people's identities, whether as individuals, office holders, or members of religious communities. Gestures such as trampling and prostration, the repeated employment of specific locations, and burial beneath particular people or actions used the surface to express likeness and difference. From pilgrimage sites in the Holy Land to cathedrals, abbeys, and local parish churches across the Latin West, Donkin frames the ground as a shared surface, both a feature of diverse, distant places and subject to a variety of uses over time—while also offering a model for understanding spatial relationships in other periods, regions, and contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Holy Footprints\u003cbr\u003e 2. Church Consecration\u003cbr\u003e 3. Trampling Underfoot\u003cbr\u003e 4. Standing on Ceremony\u003cbr\u003e 5. Places of Prostration\u003cbr\u003e 6. Between the Living and the Dead\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676619534616,"sku":"9781501751127","price":50.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/standing-on-holy-ground-in-the-middle-ages-hardback-9781501751127","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}