Church Archaeology: Research Directions for the Future

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This book consists of 13 chapters by various authors from a variety of backgrounds, such as lecturers, historians, buildings inspectors and architectural historians, all united by one thing, an interest in the centres of Christian worship in Britain. The result is a wide-ranging survey of the discipline, with contributions from outside but related fields of study. The contributions are divided into five sections; being 'The Early Church AD 400-1200', 'The Later Middle Ages', 'Post-Reformation Churches', 'Human Remains' and 'Legislation'. This division makes it easy to use the book, and supports its claim to offer 'Research Directions for the Future'. List of illustrations vii List of tables ix List of contributors ix Summaries - English, French, Gaelic, German, Welsh x Preface xii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction / Richard Morris xv PART I. THE EARLY CHURCH AD 400-1200 1. The archaeology and architecture of English Christianity AD 400-1200 1 Church buildings: cultural location and meaning / Richard Gem 1 Churches in the early English landscape: social and cultural contexts / John Blair 6 2. The archaeology of the early Christian church in Scotland & Man AD 400-1200 19 The origins and development of Christianity in North Britain and Southern Pictland / Ian Smith 19 The west of Scotland / Ian Fisher 37 The church in Scotland in the later 11th and 12th centuries / Neil Cameron 42 The early church on the Isle of Man c 500-1200 / Lawrence Butler 46 3. Identifying the archaeology of the early church in Wales and Cornwall / Nancy Edwards 49 PART II. THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 4. The late medieval English church: parish devotion in buildings and the landscape 63 Parish church building: the fabric / Andrew Brown 63 Interior and furnishings / Christine Peters 68 Religious practice on the margins / Gervase Rosser 75 5. Church archaeology in Scotland & Man AD 1200-1600 85 The archaeology of the Scottish church in the later Middle Ages / Richard Fawcett 85 The medieval church on the Isle of Man c. 1200-1600 / Lawrence Butler 102 6. 'A landscape white with churches': Wales AD 1200-1600 / Lawrence Butler 104 PART III. POST-REFORMATION CHURCHES 7. Continuity, reaction and revival: church archaeology in England c. 1600-1880 / Roberta Gilchrist & Richard Morris 112 8. The post-Reformation church in Scotland 127 The emergence of the reformed church in Scotland c. 1560- c 1700 / John G. Dunbar 127 Disruption, unification and the aftermath: the church in Scotland 1700-1990 / Simon Green 134 9. Reformation, restoration and revival: churches and chapels in Wales 1600-1900 / A. J. Parkinson 144 PART IV. HUMAN REMAINS 10. Archaeological study of church cemeteries: past, present and future 159 Past rites, future concerns / Elizabeth O'Brien 160 The biological evidence, or what the people say / Charlotte Roberts 166 PAR IV. LEGISLATION 11. Legislation and management in England and Wales / Carl Bianco 182 12. Church archaeology - the legal position in Scotland / Edwina Proudfoot 189 CONCLUSION 13. Church archaeology in retrospect and prospect / Warwick Rodwell 197 Bibliography 203 Legislation 219 Index Peter Rea 220