Those damned iconoclasts

[chargirlgenius]

I've long known that there was a dearth of 15th century English imagery. From my earliest days in the SCA, I was doing Web Gallery of Art searches, and feeling roadblocked when searing on England in the 15th century. Since then, I've learned that Flemish art and artisans were simply more popular. And then standing in the British Library bookstore, I was bemoaning the lack of information when a kind college professor overheard me and told me all about the iconoclasts.

Ok, so I can get behind the Reformation itself. But why, oh WHY did they have to go around destroying all of that art? Dang protestants. Oh, wait...

In any case, I've spent some time during the last couple of days looking for what I could find.

Broad categories:

-Effigies and Brasses
-English Carved Alabasters
-A couple of manuscripts at The Pierpont Morgan library: http://utu.morganlibrary.org/medren/BrowseBooleanCombined.cfm
-The Pageant of Richard Beauchamp, although it's unclear if the artist was actually English.

There are a few here and there, but does anybody else know of any examples? Places I should be looking? It's a difficult topic for the discerning 15th c. English reenactor.

In other, somewhat related news, I just realized that Tournament of the Lily isn't NEXT weekend, it's the weekend AFTER. That's somewhat of a relief. I've gotten so distracted looking for English sources (a good distraction!) that I've been completely neglecting making my hennin.

So many projects, so little time...

Comments

[quodscripsi.livejournal.com]

It should be noted that Duffy is widely known as a Catholic apologist. While his scholarship is quite good his conclusions always have a pro-Catholic slant.
It should also be noted that iconoclasism is a halmark of radical protestants and not conservatives. It was one of the things that brought Luther out of hiding. One might even go so far as to say that he held iconoclasm to be more ignorant then then the use of icons or images.