The use and abuse of sacred places in late medieval towns / edited by Paul Trio and Marjan De Smet.

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Eight English, 2 German contributions.

Result of a colloquium organized at the Kortrijk Campus of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on 4-5 December 2003.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Heavenly quiet and the din of war : use and abuse of religious buildings for purposes of safety, defence and strategy / Marjan De Smet -- Weltliche Funktionen spätmittelalterlicher Pfarrkirchen in den nördlichen Niederlanden / Jan Kuys -- Praise the Lord for this peace! : the contribution of religious institutions to the ceremonial peace-proclamations in late medieval Flanders (1450-1550) / Jacoba van Leeuwen -- For eternal glory and remembrance : on the representation of patrons in late medieval panel paintings in the southern Low Countries / Brigitte Dekeyzer -- The liturgical dimension of royal representation / Jenny Rahel Oesterle -- Sakral oder Profan? : der Kommunikationsraum Kirche / Gabriela Signori -- Secular uses of the mendicant priories of medieval London / Jens Röhrkasten -- St Mary Graces : a Cistercian house in late medieval London / Emilia Jamroziak -- Mayor-making and other ceremonies : shared uses of sacred space among the Kentish Cinque Ports / Sheila Sweetinburgh -- The role of late medieval English monasteries as expressions of patronal authority : some case studies / Karen Stöber.