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16%OFFRoberta Gilchrist - Norwich Cathedral Close: The Evolution of the English Cathedral Landscape - 9781783270965 - V9781783270965
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Norwich Cathedral Close: The Evolution of the English Cathedral Landscape

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Description for Norwich Cathedral Close: The Evolution of the English Cathedral Landscape Paperback. Changes in the layout of the cathedral and its close traced over 600 years, using Norwich as a case-study. Num Pages: 320 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 362 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 804.
Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award What explains the layout of the cathedral and its close? What ideas and beliefs shaped this familiar landscape? Through this pioneering study of the development of the close of Norwich cathedral - one of the most important buildings in medieval England - from its foundation in 1096 up to c.1700, the author looks at changes in cathedral landscape, both sacred and social. Using evidence from history, archaeology and other disciplines, Professor Gilchrist reconstructs both the landscape and buildings of the close, and the transformations in their ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
803g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270965
SKU
V9781783270965
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Ref
99-34

About Roberta Gilchrist
Roberta Gilchrist is Professor of Archaeology and Research Dean at the University of Reading. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and held the post of Archaeologist to Norwich Cathedral for 12 years.

Reviews for Norwich Cathedral Close: The Evolution of the English Cathedral Landscape
One of the great successes of Gilchrist's book is to populate those marvellous building we can still admire in the 21st century with some of the living, breathing people who once called them home. EASTERN DAILY PRESS Given its complementary verbal and illustrative wealth as well as its historical, archival, archaeological, and architectural historical breadth, this ... Read more

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