King's Lynn and the Fens: Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology

The fourteen papers collected in this volume explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They arise out of the Association's 2005 conference, and reflect its concern to engage with a broad range of monuments and themes, rather than focusing on a single major building. Within King's Lynn contributors consider the superb 14th-century enamelled drinking vessel popularly known as 'King John's Cup', the former Hanseatic 'Steelyard', the Red Mount Chapel, and the oak furnishings of the chapel of St Nicholas, while the pine standard chest from St Margaret's church is assessed in terms of the importation and distribution of similar chest across England as a whole.Outside King's Lynn there are articles on the historical manipulation of landscapes and buildings at Kirkstead, the 13th-century architecture and sculpture of Croyland Abbey, the 14th-century parish church of St Mary at Snettisham, the tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury at All Saints, Holbeach, the overlooked medieval wall paintings in the Prior's Chapel at Castle Acre, and the late medieval stained glass at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen. Finally, there are three papers that look at particular aspects of the ways in which parish churches were financed, embellished and used across the region - in terms of late-12th and early-13th-century patronage, their 12th-century deployment of architectural sculpture, and the types and arrangements of choir stalls that appeared at a parochial level during the later Middle Ages.

John McNeill

1. King John's Cup' 2. The Red Mount Chapel, King's Lynn 3. The Former Nave and Choir Oak Furnishings, and the West End and South Porch Doors, at the Chapel of St Nicholas 4. The Pine Standard Chest in St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn, and the Social and Economic Significance of the Type 5. Trading Places: Counting Houses and the Hanseatic 'Steelyard' in King's Lynn 6. Masters of Kirkstead: Hunting for Salvation 7. Sadly mangled by the insulting claws of time': Thirteenth-Century Work at Croyland Abbey Church 8. Snettisham Church 9. The Tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury at All Saints, Holbeach 10. The Fourteenth-Century Wall-Paintings at Castle Acre Priory and Greyfriars, Great Yarmouth 11. The Stained Glass of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk: The Stained Glass of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen 12. Romanesque Sculpture in Parish Churches of the Lincolnshire Fens: Thomas E. Russo 13. Investment in Local Church Fabric in the Lincolnshire Fenlands c. 1150-c. 1210: Moulton and Whaplode: Duncan Givans 14. Medieval Choir Stalls in Parish Churches