Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1 The Book of Donors: Construction and History; 3 The Social and Political Setting; 4 The Obituary History of Strasbourg Cathedral; 5 Commemoration in Strasbourg's Other Churches; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The Book of Donors for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6,954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study is the first to comprehensively analyse the unpublished Book of Donors manuscript and show the types and patterns of gifts made to the cathedral. It also compares these gift entries with those in earlier obituary records kept by the cathedral canons, as well as other medieval obituary notices kept by parish churches and convents in Strasbourg. Analysis of the Book of Donors notes the increase of personal deta