medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Yeah, but who's benches were they?
Henk
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens katherine french
Verzonden: dinsdag 21 juni 2011 21:38
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Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] seating and paving in C16 churches
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In England, fixed benches, many with lovely bench ends, were pretty common
by the end of the fifteenth century.
Katherine
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:20:01 +0200
HenkADSL <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
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> John wrote:
>>Remember there are surviving "bench ends" from the C15/C16,
>
> Usually from the benches of canons in churches to which they belonged
>or in the choirs of abbatial or monasterial churches or chapels. It
>was a long time before the great unwashed was allowed to sit on fixed
>benches. Here in Nederland slowly during the 17th century these seats
>crept into the protestant churches, closely followed by the hidden RC
>places of worship.
>
> Henk
>
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