medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 02/08/2012 15:55, Anne Willis wrote:
>
> 2 - Summoning St Michael - Early Romanesque Towers in Lincolnshire; David
> Stocker and Paul Everson; Oxbow books, 2006. ISBN 184217 123 1. (I've
> only just come across this, not read it, but it includes an interesting
> looking chapter: 'Symbols of the Psychopomp; a motivation for tower
> building?'
Stocker & Everson are compellingly convincing in their archaeological
interpretation of these particular towers, and their funerary uses, but
they are less successful in providing documentary or theological
justification. (We discussed the book here about three or four years ago.)
John Briggs
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