'The archaeology of Manx church interiors: contents and contexts 1634-1925'
Date(s): 2013
Creator(s): McClure, Pat
Scope & Content: Illustrated thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy submitted to the University of Liverpool. the thesis details the processes of post reformation furnishing arrangements in Manx churches between 1634-1925. The thesis has placed previously unexplored material culture within wider church archaeology and revealed regionally specific habitus, human agency, and material activity and trends. Chapters covered: literature search and historiography; methology-assessment of material culture Ballaugh (old and new), Malew and Castletown, historical contexts; material definition of liturgical spaces; chancel furnishings; biography of an alter slab (St Mary's chapel of ease Castletown); clerical dress; nave seating arrangements; habitus and expressions of regional cultural identity. Appendices: contains glossary and CD of database.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume, 1 CD
Physical description: typescript
Item name: document
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 13482
Record class: Private
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