The Objects Flashcards

1
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When was king Arthur’s round table thought to be made

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1290, for tournament in honour of the betrothal of one of Edward I’s daughters

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When was the round table painted

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During the reign of Henry VIII

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3
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From when has the the table been hanging on the wall

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1540

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4
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What is the diameter of the round table

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5.5 meters

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5
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How heavy is the round table

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1200kg

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6
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What is the round table made from

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English oak

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7
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How does the round table link to the Tudors ?

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  • Tudor rose at the centre of the table

- Portrait of Arthur actually painted to likeness of Henry VIII

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8
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Why is King Arthur a good person to link oneself too

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Stories of Arthur embody many of chivalric ideals

Great and true king of England

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9
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Why did people initial think that table was repainted

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For the visit of the holy roman emperor Charles V 1522 state visit

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10
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Why did people think this about the table and Charles V

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Because other displays alluded to both Henry and Charles liniage.

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11
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Reason that Martin bridle suggests for tables painting

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That in 1516 moment it seemed to Henry and Wolsey that there was some hope that Henry might be elected emperor .. Using powerful connections to Arthur.

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12
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When was Henry VIII and Anne of cleves bed head made ?

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1539

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13
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What does the bed heads middle inscription read ?

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Describes Henry’s titles . . . King of England, king of France, Lord of Ireland and head of the Church of England

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14
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What is in the bed heads left panel

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The royal motto

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15
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What is in the bed heads right panel

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The initials of Henry and Anne

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16
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What does the male carving represent

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Henry

Has large codpiece

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17
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What does the bed heads carved woman represent

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Anne
Meek and mild
Holding sword and serpent, bit phallic symbols

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18
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What are some of the other carvings on the bed and what do they represent ?

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Symbol of baby = hope for fruitful relationship

Cherubs = chubby babies

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19
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When was Henry and Anne’s marraige annulled ?

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9th July 1540 .. Apparently never consummated

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20
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What did Henry and Anne allegedly do on their wedding night ?

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Play cards

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21
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What can the carving of Henry in the bed head link to ?

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Hans holbein’s painting of Henry VIII

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22
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How was hans holbein’s the younger painting of Henry VIII lost

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In a fire at Tudor place Whitehall London in 1689

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23
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When was holbein’s painting done

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1536 in the months following the worst year of Henry’s reign

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24
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Why was 1536 a bad year

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Because after 27 year on throne Henry still had no male heir

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25
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Who writes about Henry in holbein’s painting

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Tatiana string

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26
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What are the elements of holbein’s painting that string point to as being paramount in the construction of Henry’s masculine identity

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  • muscular legs
  • broad shoulders
  • codpiece, prominent body arranged so that it is the focal point
  • beard
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27
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What does string suggest was Henry’s main aim

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‘Henry’s aim was to assert himself as the prime alpha male’

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28
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What replaces the codpiece in Elizabeth I armada painting

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A pearl that quotes directly from holbein’s image . The queen who had the body of a woman here has a small but potent part of the body of a man , not just any man but her father .. Image represents military success .. Shows her ability to transcend gender role

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29
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Where is the legendary king authors round table

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Hanging on wall in Winchester cathedral

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30
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When is the gold angel coin from

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Reign of Charles I (1625-49)

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31
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When was the practice of giving angel coins first introduced?

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1465

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32
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Why was it called an angel coin?

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Because on obverse side the archangel Michael is depicted

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33
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What is the inscription on our angel coin?

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‘The love of the people is the Kings protection’

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34
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Why does the coin have a whole through it

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Has been pierced so could be worn on body as pendant

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35
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Why were people given angel coins?

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To highlight that they had taken part in the ceremony know and ‘touching the Kings evil’

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36
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What was touching the Kings evil believed to cure ?

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Scrofula, eg. Tuberculosis

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37
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What item shows that people believed royaltys toutch could heal ?

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Angel coin. Touching the Kings evil. Practiced in England and France

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38
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What was scrofula ?

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Swelling of the lymph nodes caused by tuberculosis

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39
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When and who did the practice of touching the Kings evil begin with ?

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Began 1004-1066 with Edward the confessor … Subsequent english and French Kings were though to have inherited this royal touch

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40
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By the 1400s what did people believe the coin could do ?

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You could also be cured by touching the coin because it had been touched by the monarch .. Pretty similar in a way to relics.

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41
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Who’s reading did we study regarding the royal touch

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Carol levin ‘Elizabeth as monarch’

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42
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Carol levin monarchy quote

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‘In the sixteenth century monarchy politics and religion were completely intertwined’

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43
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Why dies Levin suggest that queen Elizabeth used the royal touch ?

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Because touch on,y worked if legitimate. So therefore ‘proved’ she was the rightful heir to the throne. As her claim was pretty weak .. Mothers marraige annulled and executed.

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44
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Example of monarch who John Fortescue claimed could not cure through touching due to illegitimate claim

A

Edward IV 1462

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45
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Who was the other queen that touched the Kings evil?

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queen Mary

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46
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Why is not not surprising that Mary embraced ceremonies of toutch and Maundy Thursday .

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Because Mary was Catholic and they were inherently Catholic in action and format

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47
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Why did Henry VII revive the toutch

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Because his claim to the throne was weak and this legitimised that he was the correct heir

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48
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Who did Henry VIII claim that he was descended from

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King Arthur

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49
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What are rituals similar to the toutch

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Washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday

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50
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Who did Elizabeth try to emulate

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The Virgin Mary

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51
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Why is it perculiar that Elizabeth attached herself to the Virgin Mary

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Because she was protestant .. Although this is questionable eg. Cross in private chapel . Protestants revoked saints and imagery

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52
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Who were the other two saints that E connected herself to as godly virgins?

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Frideswide and Uncumber

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53
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Why did E identify with Virgin Mary ?

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Developed mid 1570s was very effective in encouraging loyalty to the queen

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54
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What does the angel coin link to

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Liniage
legitimacy
Religious faith
Popular belief

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55
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Where it’s the triptych from ?

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St. Mary’s church in Preston Suffolk

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56
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-what is in the triptych

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Elizabeth’s royal coat of arms

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57
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What is a triptcych

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Work of art
Divided into three. Sections
Hinged together
Triptych form arises from early Christian art and was a popular standard format for altar paintings from the Middle Ages.

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58
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What can be discussed through the triptych

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Iconoclasm
Royal supremacy
Repurposing of objects

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59
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What does the triptych read?

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Elizabeth the great, queen of the english

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60
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What possibly are arms of triptych painted over.

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Another older set possibly dating from Edwards reign .. Making it oldest known surviving one.

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61
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What other object is in the same St. Mary’s church Preston Suffolk as the triptych?

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Decalogue board

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62
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What is a Decalogue board

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Usually a wooden board that contains ten commandemts apostles creed . Ordered to be displayed in all parish churches by Elizabeth after Elizabethan settlement.

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63
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When does the Decalogue board in Preston church date to ?

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Evidently post reformation

textual analysis suggest from reign of Edward VI

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64
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Why are Decalogue boards in church interesting . Esp ones with monarchs arms ?

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The legal power of the state over the sacramental power of the church
Also display protestant religion eg, obsessed with words
10 commandments and Puritan predestination.

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65
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Where is the super fucking massive cauldron from ?

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Lacock abbey

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66
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When and where was abbey cauldron made ?

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Belgium 1500

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67
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What happened to the cauldron after the dissolution of the monasteries

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Remained in the abbey as it was converted into a domestic house

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68
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What does the abbeys continued presence at lacock show?

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Not all Catholic objects were problem to Protestants. They did not all need to be destroyed . Just ones that invited false worship or devotion.

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69
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What does the inscription of the cauldron read?

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I was cast by Peter wagheuens, of Michelin, in the year of the Lord 1500. Praise to God and glory to Christ.

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70
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When was lacock abbey founded ?

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Early 13c.

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71
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When was lacock abbey sold by Henry VIII

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1539

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72
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Who bought lacock abbey and for how much ?

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Sir William Sharington for £783

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73
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What happened to lacock abbey after it was sold

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Abbey converted into house.
Church demolished
Alterations made to monastic buildings .. But parts still remain eg, the cloisters.

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74
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Who writes about nuns and lacock abbey / dissolution of monasteries and what happened to the buildings

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Maurice Howard

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75
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What happened to lacocks nuns

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Dispersed and pensioned off

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76
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Other than lacock cauldron what other things from monasteries were kept.

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Expensive building materials
Ownership rights for land and title deeds
Sometime whole building. Turned into residence for kinds allies if no one in that particular part of country

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77
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Why is Malmesbury abbey significant

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The whole of its parish church was re used as the parish church after the reformation. This was unusual .. Normally destroyed . Maurice Howard

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78
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When was Malmesbury abbey closed and who sold too

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1539 William stumpe . Rich cotton merchant

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79
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What did William stumpe do with the rest of Malmesbury abbey

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Filled building with 20 looms for cotton weaving enterprise

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80
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What does the defaced religious icon depict?

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The Virgin Mary with smaller figures of Christ on the cross , a dive for the Holy Spirit and rayed border in the figure of God the father

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81
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How has the Virgin Mary been defaced.

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The face and hands of the Virgin and the three persons of the trinity have been gouged off

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82
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Who is kneeling in Virgin Mary image

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He is a grey friar and probably the donor

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83
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What other rood screens were defaced across England

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Mary and John the evangelist in north Burlingham Norfolk

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84
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Who writes about iconoclasm

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Margaret Aston ‘iconoclasm in England: official and clandestine’

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Magnet Ashton’s iconoclasm ref nature quote

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‘Iconoclasm reflects the perculiar nature of the English reformation which was tightly controlled and upsetting in its switch back course’

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86
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Why was the irradiation of idols seen by some as a catch 22

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Did not want to alienate populace .. Yet idols against everything protestant.
On other hand some found public destruction a useful lever to premote and accelerate reform

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87
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Some of motivations behind iconoclasm

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Faith
Youthful pranks
Drunken demonstrations
Conscious efforts against authority

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88
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How was iconoclasm linked to something the laity knew off?

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Eg, destruction of false idols .. Heathen gods eg. George and the dragon celebrate as ‘ most strong confounder of fals idolatry’

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89
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Margaret Aston discussed what about the rood of grace? Eg, Bodley rood

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Wether or not laity knew of the pup petering that caused it to move. Likley they did as frequently uses in dramas and plays

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90
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Where was rood of grace from

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Crucifix kept at boxset abbey . Kent . Southeast England

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91
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What was the rood of grace ?

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Mechanised lioness of Jesus. Could move. Shed tears . Foam at mouth , turn head and nod . Make various facial expressions.

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92
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When was rood denounced

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Just after dissolution of monasteries .. Paraded around various market towns eg. Maidstone Kent . Destroyed 1538 February

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93
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What does the rood of grace link to

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Lost items
Iconoclasm
What survived the reformation
Problematic object. I

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94
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Around when was the chrismatory made?

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C. 1500

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95
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How is the chrismatory decorated

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Lid with the lamb of god … Front with two Griffins

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96
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What does the chrismatory contain?

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Three pewter phials . With holy oil in.. Consecrated by bishop on Holy Thursday
Oil for sick
Oil used for sacred rites
Oil for those not yet baptised

97
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Why were oild made redundant after reformation

A

Reduced number of sacrements
Oils no longer required like icons and crosses they were removed because they encouraged notions of magic and superstition - Robert whiting

98
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What type of bible is in the embroidered cover

A

King James I bible

99
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When is embroidered bible from

A

1614

100
Q

What is depicted in the embroidery of the bible

A

Front Moses and the burning bush

Jonah emerging from the whale

101
Q

When did translation of King James Bible begin and when was it complete

A

1604 …. 1611

102
Q

What was the first certified english bible

A

Henry VIIIs great bible

103
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What was Henry VIIIs bible based on

A

William Tyndalls translation, that at time was deemed heretical and he was imprisoned for

104
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What reportedly were William Tyndalls final words before burning at Antwerp

A

’ Lord! Open the Kings eyes’

105
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What does Henry’s bible title page display ? How is this relevant

A

Henry in godly position . Gods luitennent on earth .

Identity construction as chosen through bible

106
Q

What was the second english bible

A

Bishops bible 1568

107
Q

Who discusses changing bibles

A

John king and Aaron Pratt ‘the materiality of the English printed bibles’

108
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What do Pratt and king suggest about size of bibles

A

Octaves lent to private reading .. Also more easily concealed

109
Q

What did Mary stop when she came to t Horne

A

‘The printing of corrupt and naughty literature’

110
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Who writes about bible as objects of identity construction

A

Alexandra Walsham

111
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How does Walsham critique historians

A

They just look at text and are not concerned with the structure or form of the book

112
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What does Walsham suggest decorated book binding can be compared to

A

Jewellery, domestic furnishing and female fashion

113
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Why did book have a sense of sanctity

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Because before printing press .. Very rare and unique. Often religious and highly decorated

114
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Miriam foote book quote

A

‘Wearing a book as part of ones apparel indicated a greater intimacy between the owner and the text , than if it had merely been put on a shelf, suggesting an appropriation or incorporation of the word of God into the body and soul of the wearer.’

115
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When were these books often given

A

New Years .. Wedding or engagement presents

116
Q

What does bible embroidery often depict

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Nature or religious imagery
Often from pattern books
Similar to drinking vessels

117
Q

Rozsika Parkers argument

A

Suggested that the frequent depiction of female biblical figures engaged in heroic action might be interpreted as an assertion of women as active beings in the very medium intended to teach obedience and pasivity
Links to sampler .. And othello / Desdemona .. Women in charge or the domestic sphere

118
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Walsham quote on books

A

In everyday use religious books were items of material culture which served a variety of purposes other than reading as shown here they might still be regarded as residuals as devotional devices and jewels

119
Q

When was the embroidered box with biblical stories made ?

A

1665

120
Q

Who is on the embroidered box ??

A

Story of Esther . A Jewish orphan who became a queen of aincent Persia
Esther was regarded as an ideal woman and wife - beautiful and obedient to her husband - but none the less brave and faithful in her service to God and her people

121
Q

what type of stool have we been looking at ?

A

17th century joint stool

122
Q

what play by shakespeare relates to the joint stool

A

a midsummer nights dream, puck the magical centaur is ofthen mistaken for a three legged stool

123
Q

most popular / common for of seating in 16c.

A

joimt stool

124
Q

Exodus 22:19

A

‘thoushalt not suffer a witch to live’

125
Q

diffrences between english witches and their continental counterparts

A

genrally solitary, mambers of society, did not fly brooms, did not partake in devil worship ceremonies

126
Q

what did english witches daughters do

A

tend to follow in their mothers footsteps

127
Q

who wrote ‘witchcraft in tudor times’

A

victoria lamb

128
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what dies victoria lamb discuss regarding witches

A
  • often eccentic member of society
  • acceptance not universal
  • tudor witches were not equal… diffrent forms of magic were accepted and punished
  • familiars sign of english witch, shown by witch mark
129
Q

who wrote ‘Shakespeare and material culture’

A

Catherine Richardson

130
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what does Richardsons article discuss about the stool

A
  • very detailed description
  • lifecycle.. how it has evidently been use for diffrent purposes at diffrent times
  • their omnipresence in tudor society
  • come face to face when return home from theatre with the appropriated object.
131
Q

where was our witch bottle found

A

2004 greenwich london

132
Q

what type of jug is the witch bottle made in

A

ballamine jug

133
Q

whos recipie is relevant when discussing witch bottles

A

Joseph Blagrave’s Astrological Practice of Physick

134
Q

what does the witch bottle contain

A

-human urine
-bent nails and pins
-nail peirced leather heart
fingernail clippings
-navel fluff
-hair

135
Q

what was the intention of the witch bottle

A

to redirect the spell onto the witch. would cause pain or death to bladder causing witch to revoke the charm

136
Q

once made what was one supposed to do with a witch bottle

A

bury it somewhere warm. believed to be active as long as the bottle remained hidden and unbroken

137
Q

what type of magic did witch bottle invoke

A

sympathetic magic. this type was OK

138
Q

what can the witch bottle link to

A

concealed objects

witchcraft and superstition

139
Q

who wrote in the ‘new scientist’ about the witch bottle

A

Linda Geddes

140
Q

where are the ‘witch marks’

A

Wooden beams of Knole House property in seven oaks Kent
-scratched into floorboards, around fireplace and in room above. fireplaces and windows easiest places for witches and they’re charms to gain access

141
Q

why and when were the marks scratched

A

17th c. in wake of gunpowder plot. country on high alert. King James supposed to be visiting the property because its then owner was Thomas Sackville

142
Q

how were the witchmarks dated

A

using dendrochronology

143
Q

what are the inscriptions on the mento mori ring?

A

rather death than false faith = edge
be hold the end - front surface
‘ML’ in lover knot = back surface

144
Q

who is it that writes about Memento mori objects in the tudor period.

A

tanya cooper

145
Q

What does tanya cooper have to say about

A

removal of iconoclastic images in religion
yet figured into other aspects of life, so that people could still contemplate death
examples in portraits mostly

146
Q

what is the term for the art of dying

A

Ars Moriendi

147
Q

what are some paintings that relate to memento mori / another object

A
the torr abbey jewel 
thomas braithwaite 
judd marraige 
Death and the maiden 
Thomas Aston
148
Q

what does the Torre Abbey Jewel have inscribed on it

A

‘through the resurrection of Christ we will all be sanctified’

149
Q

when did shakespear make his will

A

1 month before death in 1616. thos shows he was preparing for death

150
Q

what are points of interest in the will

A

wife= second best bed
daughter given the stuff that was intended for husband before he shamed family
friends were left either rings or money for rings

151
Q

who rites about the problems of wills and will preambles

A

Christopher Marsh

152
Q

What does christopher Marsh have to say about wills and will pre ambles

A

not completly honset documents
-while possible to get some religious identity were meant to be read so hidden
often sribe would write all so should not take them at face value

153
Q

what does the carved cupboard at cothele have on it

A

religious imagery, various figures, heraldry and inscription

154
Q

who writes about the Cotehele cupborad

A

Nicholas Riall and Rachel Hunt

155
Q

what does the cothele cupboard link to

A

governance , identity construction, sociability, imagery , dychronic objects

156
Q

how writes abput the stratford corperation

A

Robert Bearman

157
Q

what themes does the stratford cupboard link to

A

organisation, probate documents, how religious change affected daily life.

158
Q

what objects does the stratford corperation cupboard link to ?

A

-city of london chest
-probate documents
-chiming private clock
henry VII and Katerine of aragn writing box

159
Q

who writes about the stoneware tankards ?

A

Andrew Morell ‘Protestant pots’

160
Q

what does Morell say about ‘protestant pots’

A

religious imagery on lasting objects changes interpretation and meaning, make sit more significant.

  • could act as guides for living life . eg not to drink to much
  • protestants bringing church into the house
  • personal items and items of comunal identity
161
Q

what does the tankard link to

A

sociability
conectivity
protestant religion in house
identity construction

162
Q

when was Englandfahrer hamburg jug made the jug mad

A

1595

163
Q

who writes about entertaining and sociability

A

Marta Ajmar-Wollheim, ‘Sociability’ At Home in Renaissance Italy

164
Q

what texts ould be associated with sociability

A

conduct literature

165
Q

who called puzzel jugs unruley vessels ?

A

Cipriano Piccolpasso

166
Q

what is Marta’s argument about drinking in italy. what can be applied to

A

drinking accompanied nearly all aspects of life. ;can be applied to tudor england

167
Q

what other objects can link to sociability ?

A

nautilus cup, nine mens morris, sugar bowl

168
Q

who rote the article ‘the taming of the scold’

A

david underdown

169
Q

what does inscription on bridle read?

A

‘the garrulous tounge causes harm’ and 1838 which was the last time it was used

170
Q

what does david underdown suggest is the the reason that scolding was clamped down on ?

A
  • against patriachal aurthority

- links to witches

171
Q

other links to bridel ?

A
  • cucking of a scold

- drunkards cloak

172
Q

who wrote about medical prac

A

Nancy G. Siraisi

173
Q

what dother things to medical practices link to

A

religion and superstition

174
Q

religious texts

A
  • napier and formans casebooks

- Joseph Balgrave’s astrological study of physik

175
Q

where were the wooden combes found ?

A

mary rose

176
Q

how many other knit combes were discovered ?

A

82

177
Q

-what were discovered alongside the knit combes

A
pomander 
barbers kit 
chamber pot
tankards
manicure sets
178
Q

what could the knit combes link to

A

identity construction
lost items
body
grooming

179
Q

who writes about the playhouse pins

A

jenny tiramani “without such crucial devices, the fashions of the elizabethans would not have been possible”

180
Q

how many pins found on the site of the rose theatre

A

685

181
Q

what did pins do

A

they affected the way people interatcted with one another.

182
Q

what is the broadside ballad that we talkedabout in the seminar ?

A

good sir you wornge you britches

183
Q

what is a ballad ?

A
  • cheap print
  • one of most common forms
  • sung, read, quoted, copied, given as gifts
184
Q

who wrote about ballads ?

A

paxton hehmeyer

and tessa whatt

185
Q

who argues that ballads should not be compared to newspapers

A

Hyder Rollins

186
Q

what is tessa whaytts argument surrounding ballads?

A

that they inhabit a shared culture of cheap print that reached across the social and geographic boundaries in erly modern england

187
Q

who’s article was about the thomas trevellyon manuscript ?

A

Heather Wolfe

188
Q

what can the trevellyon manuscript tell us

A

about what was important to contemporary

-religion, dynasty, lineage, fashion. patterns, bonnet / nitecap patterns

189
Q

what is significant about the trevellyan manuscript

A

that it is a manuscrit, so print had not nessicarily taken over as quickly as suggested

190
Q

who was thomas trev? and when did start writing manuscript ?

A

london craftsman . first 16-3 would have been 55

191
Q

when were the three manuscrpipts made by T

A

1603, 1608, 1616

192
Q

how did date newest found manuscript

A

blank spece for place of elizabeths burial,

only contained 3 of Jame’s I and anne’s children

193
Q

who writes bout codpeices >

A

will fisher

194
Q

what does anne hollander arugue ?

A

nude paintings show that bodys were visually shapped by the absense of clothing.

195
Q

two types of codpeice

A

phallic sheath, and bagged appendage

196
Q

henry VII codpeice

A

sexual promiscuity, bisexual onjects. yet also representative of scrotal codpeice. used as a fertility talisman

197
Q

why did codpeices go out of fashion ?

A
  • obviously false, could be removed and put on a woman , does not prove thatthere is a penis there people used to store food in them , therefor codpeice could be anythng but genitals . highlights the transferability of the accessory
198
Q

what play talks about codpeices

A

two gentlemen of verona

199
Q

who writes about the embroidered sampler

A

susan frye

200
Q

play that links to sampler

A

OTHELLO

201
Q

WOMEN AND TEXTILE

A

THE SPHERE OF TEXTILES WAS ONE PLACE WOMEN HAD POWER, EXPOSED THEM TO NETWORKS OF EXCHANGE

202
Q

WHEN DOES OUR SAMPLER DATE TO

A

1598

203
Q

WHAT WAS THE PUROPSE OF OUR SAMPLER

A

CHRISTINIG PRESENT FOR JANE BOSTOCKES COUSIN ALICE LEE

204
Q

WHAT CAN HELP US LEARN ABOUT LOST OBJECTS

A

PROBATE DOCUMENTS

205
Q

WHO WRITES ABOUT LOST

A

SARAH PENNEL = CONSUMPTION
GLEN ANDERSON . LOOK FOR MISSING OBJECTS
LENA ORLIN = INVENTORIES

206
Q

What are other titles that in a similar way to Shakespeare’s ‘the taming of the shrew’ discuss garrulous women in contemporary literature ? And what does Underdown argue that this means ?

A

‘The cruel shrew’ ‘the man woman’. Underdown argues that no. Of such titles show what was on people’s minds . Eg upset of the social heirachy

207
Q

What does W.R.Beck write

A

Collecting in a consumer society

208
Q

Who else writes about the Stratford guild corporations cupboard of boxes

A

Peter Hewitt ‘Shakespeare’s world in 100 objects’

209
Q

What does W.R.Beck write

A

Collecting in a consumer society

210
Q

Who else writes about the Stratford guild corporations cupboard of boxes

A

Peter Hewitt ‘Shakespeare’s world in 100 objects

211
Q

What does Peter Hewitt argue about the corporation boxes

A

That the object allowed the cooperation to begin a rationalisation of secular life where social survey inca taxation piety and civic sociability could be Newley envisioned

212
Q

Example for tarnya coopers memento mori portraits

A

William naylor, London lawyer , portrait dated 1562 . Holding plaque that is inscribed with statement regarding human transience … Adonisnents today viewer and practical plea of naylor to be remembered as an exemplary human … More than rep of human piety also an agent of spiritual instruction

213
Q

In Linda geodes article on the witch bottles who argues that spell would be thrown back and torment the witch ..

A

Alan Massey

214
Q

What does Rosina Parker write

A

The subversive stitch

215
Q

Who wrote the subversive stitch

A

Rosina Parker

216
Q

What does Rosina Parker argue in the subversive stitch ?

A

That frequent depiction of female biblical figures engaged in heroic action might be interpreted as an assert action on some as active human beings in the very medium intended to teach obedience and passivity

217
Q

What does robert whiting write

A

The reformation of the English parish church

218
Q

Who wrote the reformation of the English parish church

A

Robert Whiting

219
Q

What does robert whiting argue about the christmatory in ‘the reformation of the English parish church

A

That icons were destroyed and crosses and christmatorys were removed because churches were trying to remove objects that ‘might be used for superstition’

220
Q

Who else writes about the Stratford guild corporations cupboard of boxes

A

Peter Hewitt ‘Shakespeare’s world in 100 objects

221
Q

What does Peter Hewitt argue about the corporation boxes

A

That the object allowed the cooperation to begin a rationalisation of secular life where social survey inca taxation piety and civic sociability could be Newley envisioned

222
Q

Example for tarnya coopers memento mori portraits

A

William naylor, London lawyer , portrait dated 1562 . Holding plaque that is inscribed with statement regarding human transience … Adonisnents today viewer and practical plea of naylor to be remembered as an exemplary human … More than rep of human piety also an agent of spiritual instruction

223
Q

In Linda geodes article on the witch bottles who argues that spell would be thrown back and torment the witch ..

A

Alan Massey

224
Q

What does Rosina Parker write

A

The subversive stitch

225
Q

Who wrote the subversive stitch

A

Rosina Parker

226
Q

What does Rosina Parker argue in the subversive stitch ?

A

That frequent depiction of female biblical figures engaged in heroic action might be interpreted as an assert action on some as active human beings in the very medium intended to teach obedience and passivity

227
Q

What does robert whiting write

A

The reformation of the English parish church

228
Q

Who wrote the reformation of the English parish church

A

Robert Whiting

229
Q

What does robert whiting argue about the christmatory in ‘the reformation of the English parish church

A

That icons were destroyed and crosses and christmatorys were removed because churches were trying to remove objects that ‘might be used for superstition’

230
Q

What did W.G.Hoskins write

A

‘The rebuilding of rural England’ in past and present

231
Q

What does w.g.hoskins argue in ‘the rebuilding of rural England’ ?

A

That between mid 16c. And 1640s period of heightened construction and change occurred caused by improved economic conditions .. Bigger houses, more rooms, more space for storage.
Depending on status and geographic location change time period of event
Earliest in southeast and southwest. 70s to 20s in North and even later in Wales

232
Q

who argues the thing about pews

A

l.p.,wandel ‘the reformation’

233
Q

where is st. cuthbert buried

A

durham cathedral

234
Q

where is the place where thecathgolic images have been painted over by protestant writing

A

binham priory norfolk

235
Q

where is the eagle lecturn from ?

A

newstead abbey

236
Q

what article does john craig write ?

A

‘psalms, groans and dogwippers’

237
Q

what does john craig discuss that will be helpful to this module ?

A

church becoming a place for teaching .. piulpits and pews

238
Q

what is the hall that is filled with protestant religious imagery

A

burtin agnes hall

239
Q

when was burton agnes hall built

A

1602