Power, Memory, and Allegiance
Coats of Arms of Bishops and a Pope in Western Estonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11083089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anu Mänd (0000-0001-9823-4806, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 138-155 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East Central Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3037 • E-ISSN: 1876-3308 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.30965/18763308-04701009 |
| OpenAlex | W3019687613 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
A dozen limestone reliefs with the coats of arms of a bishop and a bishopric have survived from the churches and castles of late medieval Livonia (a historical region roughly corresponding to present-day Estonia and Latvia). This article discusses a selection of those reliefs in western Estonia, in the two centers—Haapsalu and Kuressaare—of the former Saare-Lääne Bishopric. In earlier scholarship, these reliefs have been studied from the perspective of architectural history and connected with the construction or reconstruction of the buildings. The article will offer a different perspective and investigate the role of the reliefs in the context of symbolic communication, rituals of power, and visual commemoration. In the chapel of the Kuressaare castle, there is also a relief with the coat of arms of Pope Leo x , which raises the questions of who commissioned it, when, and why
Allegiance · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Chapel · Context (archaeology · Medieval history · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Power (physics · Scholarship · Visual arts · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Law · Medieval European History and Architecture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |