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The Three Orders of Society in Medieval Art

Explore the social hierarchy through medieval art depicting oratores, bellatores, and laborares. Witness peasant life, seasonal activities, and religious symbolism in various artworks.

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The Three Orders of Society in Medieval Art

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  1. The Three Orders of Society, oratores, bellatores, laborares, from Aldobrandino of Siena’s late 13th c. Li Livres dou Santé, British Library MS Sloane 2435, fol. 85r.

  2. Peasant Tournament, early 16th c. drawing by Hans Burgkmaier, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main

  3. The world turned upside down, a peasant at the altar and a priest plowing, woodcut illustration from Joseph Gruenbeck, Spiegel der naturlichen, himelischen, und prophetischen sehungen (Leipzig, 1522), fol. 5r., British Library.

  4. http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/serf.asp

  5. August, the wheat harvest, Queen Mary Psalter, early 14th c., British Library, MS Royal 2 B VII, fol. 78v.

  6. January and February, 15th c., Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly

  7. March and April, 15th c., Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly

  8. The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 15th c., Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly

  9. A sleeping shepherd, illustration to “De Lupe,” in the Aberdeen Bestiary, c. 1200, Aberdeen MS 24, fols. 16v: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/

  10. Captured fugitive serfs with horns, early 14th c. illustration in Codex 6.1, “De fugitivis servis,” Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek MS Mc 295, fol. 153r.

  11. Christ with a spade, 15th c. alabaster sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  12. The execution of György Dózsa, woodcut illustration from Die auffrur so geschehen ist im Ungelandt mit den Creutzern (Nuremberg, 1514), Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel

  13. Psalm 81, grotesques, Luttrell Psalter, c. 1325-1335, British Library Add. 42130, fol. 150v.

  14. Amazon.com: “Renaissance Peasant Elite Collection Adult Costume”

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