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About the Author
Gervase Rosser read history at Oxford University before studying art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has taught medieval history and art history in the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford. His research stems from his interest in how and why communities are formed. His doctoral research in London was published as Medieval Westminster 1200-1540 (1989), which was awarded the Whitfield Prize. He has since worked extensively on guilds in medieval England and Europe, with particular attention to their social functions. He has most recently researched and published, jointly with Jane Garnett, a book on cults of images thought to be miraculous, and how such cults can catalyse community: Spectacular Miracles. Transforming Images in Italy from the Renaissance to the Present (2013).
Reviews
[a] meditation on the moral power of voluntary associations to negotiate the relationship between individuals and society as well as to construct social solidarity ... Recommended * J. P. Huffman, CHOICE *
Rosser's welcome new study explores the nature of and motives for creating and joining a parish guild and in so doing raises important questions about medieval individuality and community. * Katherine L. French, American Historical Review *
This concise and compelling book by Gervase Rosser is the distillation of many years' original research and deep thought about guilds in medieval Europe ... this is an important book that makes bold arguments, which demand a thoughtful response. Rosser makes an eloquent and compelling case for guilds being altogether more varied, complex and interesting than much of the existing scholarship has allowed. * I. Forrest, English Historical Review *
this book offers enormously inspiring reading ... it is not only relevant to readers interested in English social and cultural history or in the European Middle Ages in general, but to a wide range of scholars in the humanities. * Josef Ehmer, Renaissance Quarterly *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198735786
Author Gervase Rosser
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 156mm * 14mm