Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
7. 1 INTRODUCTION: RETHINKING THE ROOD 1
8. 2 APPROACHING THE CROSS: THE SCULPTED HIGH CROSSES OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND 15
9. 3 THE MARK OF CHRIST IN WOOD, GRASS AND FIELD: OPEN-AIR ROODS IN OLD ENGLISH MEDICAL REMEDIES 31
10. 4 TWELFTH-CENTURY ENGLISH ROOD VISIONS: SOME ICONOGRAPHIC NOTES 45
11. 5 CROSSES, CROZIERS AND THE CRUCIFIXION: TWELFTH-CENTURY CROSSES IN IRELAND 59
12. 6 FROM RELIGIOUS ARTEFACTS TO SYMBOLS OF IDENTITY: THE ROLE OF STONE CROSSES IN GALICIAN NATIONAL DISCOURSE 81
13. 7 THE ROOD IN THE LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH CATHEDRAL: THE BLACK ROOD OF SCOTLAND REASSESSED 103
14. 8 THE CROSS OF DEATH AND THE TREE OF LIFE: FRANCISCAN IDEOLOGIES IN LATE MEDIEVAL IRELAND 125
15. 9 HERALDING THE ROOD: COLOUR CONVENTION AND MATERIAL HIERARCHIES ON LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH ROOD SCREENS 145
16. 10 REFRAMING THE ROOD: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ANGEL ROOFS AND THE ROOD IN EAST ANGLIA 161
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 185
18. INDEX 213
19. Plate 225