| Title: |
Church, war, and plague:
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| Subtitle: |
the evidence from medieval Etchilhampton |
| Issue: |
Wiltshire Archaeol Natur Hist Mag 101 |
| Series: |
The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine
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| Volume: |
101
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| Page Start/End: |
149 - 157 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The paper discusses some pellets carved on the chancel arch at Etchilhampton Church, which it is suggested may be depictions of the buboes (plague boils) of the Black Death. Comparison is made between these pellets and the medieval calvaires buboniques (plague crosses) found in southern Brittany showing the same form of embellishment. Etchilhampton was struck by the Black Death, although the Lord of the manor survived both it and the War of the Breton Succession. Wiltshire men fought in the Brittany campaign and this a link can be established with Etchilhampton during this period. It is also suggested that the pellets were part of a memorial chancel set up by John Malwain, Lord of Etchilhampton manor, on his return to England. |
| Year of Publication: |
2008
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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CHURCH
(Monument Type England)
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| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Emphcalvaires Buboniques Plague Crosses (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
28 Feb 2008 |
