Beyond Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges
Blick, Sarah![Beyond Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/298/29806798/CHSBZCOP0329806798.jpg)
Brian Spencer, former Keeper of the Museum of London, was a major scholar of medieval popular culture. He almost single-handedly established the study of pilgrim souvenirs and secular badges. He defined what these objects were and ascertained their function, manufacture, style, and iconography with a careful use of primary documents and intricate stylistic analysis. He identified every major souvenir and badge discovered in Great Britain durin...