Overview
This volume brings together an interesting range of papers discussing medieval buildings across Europe. They provide interesting insights to life in the medieval world in several understudied areas of Europe. The papers range from Croatia and Transylvania in the east, Scandinavia in the north and Britain in the west, providing insights into areas that are rarely discussed by books published in western Europe. There is comprehensive range in size and status of buildings, from the smallest, single-roomed house in Byzantine Serbia and rural homes in central Europe to churches in Sweden and monastic hospitals in England. Buildings of high status and low status are discussed, as well as those of a secular and ecclesiastic nature. Materials and craftspeople are considered through a study of brick makers and their identifying marks. This volume aims to open discussions about medieval buildings beyond simply architectural features and typologies, and furthers the discipline through this process. Buildings can reveal details of the lives of their occupants and therefore enrich our knowledge of life in medieval Europe.
Full Product Details
Author: Duncan Berryman ,
Sarah Kerr
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Imprint: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 9781785709715
ISBN 10: 1785709712
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 29 June 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
this book evokes larger trends in the study of medieval building: an emphasis on areas outside traditional canonical centers, an integration of ecclesiastical and secular subjects, a stress on the lived experience of architecture, and an attention to interdisciplinarity...Berryman, Kerr, and their eight contributors successfully present new avenues through which we can think about medieval buildings, whether they are newly excavated or not. --The Medieval Review
Taken as a whole, the volume tends more toward the archaeological than the art historical, and in some cases, the presentation of the archaeological evidence obscures the interdisciplinary interests and methods of the papers. Most importantly, however, Berryman, Kerr, and their eight contributors successfully present new avenues through which we can think about medieval buildings, whether they are newly excavated or not. --The Medieval Review
Author Information
Duncan Berryman completed his PhD at Queen’s University Belfast in 2018. He is currently a researcher at Queen’s University Belfast. His main research interests are medieval buildings and medieval settlement in Britain and Ireland and has previously written on medieval agricultural buildings and Irish Tower houses. Sarah Kerr is a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. She held previously a Postdoctoral Research position at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven after completing her PhD in 2016 at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research interests include late medieval buildings and communal living in Western Europe and her publications include work on Irish round towers, feudalism and lodging ranges of English castles.
