ENGLISH

Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship

By Michael G , Shapland

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780191846816, 0191846813, 9780192537225, 0192537229
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
204 MB (213964042 bytes)
Series
Medieval history and archaeology
Edition
First edition
Pages
\280
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Introduction -- Part I : Synthesis -- A corpus of monastic tower-naves -- A corpus of lordly tower-naves -- Part II : Interpretation -- Monastic tower-naves and tower-nave origins -- Tower-naves, lordly towers, and the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy -- Tower-nave churches in comparative perspective.;A detailed study of the towers constructed by lords at their residences across England during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. Although these towers contained chapels, their role in the exercise of secular power mean that that they provide a unique opportunity to study standing aristocratic architecture from before the Norman Conquest.

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