English Medieval Misericords

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Can be recommended to all with a serious interest in misericords. * WORCESTERSHIRE RECORDER * An informative and entertaining book. * CHURCH HISTORY * Presents a novel perspective on the potential religious symbolism of English medieval misericords. * STUDIES IN ICONOGRAPHY * An intelligent and well-written book [and] a stimulating and useful addition to the literature. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY * A unique and interesting analysis of that most fascinating of medieval church fixtures. [...] A well-researched, superbly written and certainly thought-provoking examination. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY * A significant contribution to the study of medieval misericords, marginal arts, and popular iconography. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW * [Hardwick's] multivalent reading of misericords takes us from the literal to the anagogical and similarly transcends early twentieth-century writings on the subject. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL An interesting study, one which will encourage its readers to peer more closely into the ecclesiastical gloom. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * A work of considerable scholarship. * NORTHERN HISTORY * A welcome addition to the growing literature on medieval liturgical furnishings. * THE ART NEWSPAPER * The great strength of the book is that it attempts to approach the images through the eyes of those who saw them and understood their meaning. [...] An interesting and important book. * VIDIMUS *