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
>
> 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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