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English Nuns and the Law in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Elizabeth Makowski (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781843837862
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
In late medieval England, cloistered nuns, like all substantial property owners, engaged in nearly constant litigation to defend their holdings. They did so using attorneys (proctors), advocates and other "men of law" wh... .... Learn More -
The Medieval Monastery [Paperback]
Roger Rosewell (Author)
£6.99ISBN: 9780747811466
Published by : Osprey
A concise, superbly illustrated guide to Britain's medieval monasteries. Rosewell provides basic information on the different monastic orders, the monastic layout and architecture, the administration of the monastery, the round of... .... Learn More -
The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries, 1300-1540 [Paperback]
Julian Luxford (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781843837596
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Oxbow says: Subtitled `A Patronage History', this book examines the commissioning and financing of works of art and architecture in the Benedictine monasteries and nunneries of south-west England from 1300 to the Dissolution of the monasteries... .... Learn More -
The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England [Hardback]
Michael Fisher (Author); A. W. N Pugin (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £22.50
ISBN: 9781904965404
Published by : Spire Books
Pugin's writings and buildings changed the course of British architecture. The Present State , published in 1843, is significant in marking the transition from Pugin the Gothic propagandist and polemicist to Pugin the working architect and des... .... Learn More -
Medieval Church Window Tracery in England [Paperback]
Stephen Hart (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781843837602
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extensive variety of decorative tracery patterns, crafted in stone, that characterise the windows of medieval churches in England. Based upon a visual catalogue of over 250 images of surviving ... .... Learn More -
Contrasts and True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture [Hardback]
A.W.N Pugin (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781904965374
Published by : Spire Books
First published in 1836, Contrasts was the book that rapidly made Pugin's name. It was the first revolutionary architectural manifesto of the nineteenth century and remains the first great canonical work of modern Western architecture. In a de... .... Learn More -
'Gothic For Ever' A.W.N. Pugin, Lord Shrewsbury, and the Rebuilding of Catholic England [Hardback]
Michael Fisher (Author)
£49.95ISBN: 9781904965367
Published by : Spire Books
A.W.N. Pugin (1812-1852) was the foremost propagandist of the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival, whose aim was the restoration of the ancient splendours of the Catholic Church. Turning this vision into reality required a wealthy and influential... .... Learn More -
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Glendalough: City of God [Hardback]
Charles Doherty (Author);Linda Doran (Author);Mary Kelly (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781846821707
Published by : Four Courts Press
The monastic site af Glendalough in Co. Wicklow is a magic place that captures many hearts. This volume contains 20 papers, some from a conference held by the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, others from the IMC at Leeds and elsewhere, ... .... Learn More -
Historic English Churches [Paperback]
Geoff Sharpe (Author)
£12.99ISBN: 9781848851894
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Unlike many guides to England's churches, Geoffrey Sharpe's offering focuses firmly on the construction process, from the original planning and preparation to the final construction and decoration. The layout and choice of materials, the constr... .... Learn More