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Elite commemoration in Early Modern England: reading funerary monuments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jean Wilson
Jean Wilson*
Affiliation:
Wholeway, Harlton, Cambridge CB3 7ET, England
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Abstract

Research into the iconography and symbolism of early modern funerary monuments provides an important new approach to this unexploited source. Here the remarkable monuments to Sir Henry Savile are explored.

Keywords

EnglandTudorOxfordEtonHurst (Berkshire)Sir Henry Savilefunerary monuments
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Papers
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 413 - 423
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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