Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship

Author:   Michael G. Shapland (Senior Archaeologist, Senior Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198809463


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 January 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michael G. Shapland (Senior Archaeologist, Senior Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.752kg
ISBN:  

9780198809463


ISBN 10:   0198809468
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Introduction PART I: SYNTHESIS 1: A corpus of monastic tower-naves 2: A corpus of lordly tower-naves PART II: INTERPRETATION 3: Monastic tower-naves and tower-nave origins 4: Tower-naves, lordly towers, and the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy 5: Tower-nave churches in comparative perspective Conclusion Appendix: A List of Equivocal Tower-Naves

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The volume certainly fulfils its aim to establish tower-nave churches as a recognisable part of the architectural repertoire of the early medieval period, and it does so in an accessible and engaging manner. * Claire Nesbitt, Antiquity * anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship brings refreshing new intelligence to a topic bedecked with two centuries of scholarly tradition * David Stocker, University of Leeds, The Society for Medieval Archaeology *


anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship brings refreshing new intelligence to a topic bedecked with two centuries of scholarly tradition * David Stocker, University of Leeds, The Society for Medieval Archaeology * The volume certainly fulfils its aim to establish tower-nave churches as a recognisable part of the architectural repertoire of the early medieval period, and it does so in an accessible and engaging manner. * Claire Nesbitt, Antiquity *


anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship brings refreshing new intelligence to a topic bedecked with two centuries of scholarly tradition * David Stocker, University of Leeds, The Society for Medieval Archaeology *


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Michael Shapland undertook an MA in the Archaeology of Buildings at the University of York in 2008, and completed his PhD on Anglo-Saxon tower-nave churches at UCL in 2012. He has worked for several commercial units across the UK, before joining UCL's field archaeology unit - Archaeology-South-East - as a specialist in historic buildings in 2013. His research interests lie in theoretical approaches to the archaeology of standing buildings, and elite power structures of early medieval England. He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2018, and lives in Lewes, East Sussex.

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