The word rood is derived from the Saxon word rood or rode, meaning "cross". The rood screen is so called because it was surmounted by the … See more

The rood screen was a physical and symbolic barrier, separating the chancel, the domain of the clergy, from the nave where lay people gathered to worship. It was also a means of seeing; often it was solid only to waist height and richly decorated with … See more

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• Williams, Michael Aufrère (2008). Medieval English Roodscreens with special reference to Devon. University of Exeter PhD thesis. See more

Early medieval altar screens and chancel screens
Until the 6th century the altar of Christian churches would have been in full view of the congregation, … See more

At the Reformation, the Reformers sought to destroy abused images, i.e. those statues and paintings which they alleged to have been the … See more

Britain
The earliest known example of a parochial rood screen in Britain, dating to the mid-13th century, is to be found at Stanton Harcourt See more