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Financing Cathedral Building in the Middle Ages: The Generosity of the Faithful
Wim Vroom
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Paperback. This first comprehensive overview of the process of commissioning and financing the construction of cathedrals in the Middle Ages reveals a financing system almost as monumental as the cathedrals themselves. Here we follow the historian on a fascinating examination of construction accounts and other sources - extant but never so minutely explored - Num Pages: 736 pages, 20 black and white 66 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 182 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1360.
This first comprehensive overview of the process of commissioning and financing the construction of cathedrals in the Middle Ages reveals a financing system almost as monumental as the cathedrals themselves. Here we follow the historian on a fascinating examination of construction accounts and other sources – extant but never so minutely explored – bringing the bishop and the chapter to account, as it were. The book is divided into two parts. The first gives a broad overview of the resources on which medieval commissioners could draw, including contributions from the bishop, chapter, sovereign, city and, above all, the faithful of ... Read more
This first comprehensive overview of the process of commissioning and financing the construction of cathedrals in the Middle Ages reveals a financing system almost as monumental as the cathedrals themselves. Here we follow the historian on a fascinating examination of construction accounts and other sources – extant but never so minutely explored – bringing the bishop and the chapter to account, as it were. The book is divided into two parts. The first gives a broad overview of the resources on which medieval commissioners could draw, including contributions from the bishop, chapter, sovereign, city and, above all, the faithful of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089640352
SKU
V9789089640352
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Ref
99-26
About Wim Vroom
Wim Vroom is former director of the Department of Dutch History at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He was also professor by special appointment of Dutch Cultural History at the University of Amsterdam.
Reviews for Financing Cathedral Building in the Middle Ages: The Generosity of the Faithful
"The book ... is likely to become the standard point of reference for anyone interested in its subject. But it is much more than that, as it gives invaluable insights into the financial realities of some of Europe's major religious institutions, and opens a windo on important aspects of medieval culture." - P.S. Barnwell, Kellogg College, University of Oxford "What ... Read more