Norwich Cathedral Close: The Evolution of the English Cathedral Landscape

Author:   Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Volume:   v. 26
ISBN:  

9781783270965


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   17 March 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 26
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9781783270965


ISBN 10:   1783270969
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   17 March 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Norwich Cathedral in Context Norwich Cathedral: Defining the Medieval Landscape Entering the Monastic Precinct: Zoning, Access and the Outer Court Monastic Memory and Meaning: The Church, Cloister and Cemeteries Community, Hierarchy and Hospitality: The Claustral Ranges Landscapes of Power: The Bishop's Palace and the Prior's Lodging Charity and Commerce: The Infirmary and the Inner Court The New Order: The Post-Medieval Cathedral Close, 1538 - c.1700 Reading Sacred and Social Space in the English Cathedral Landscape

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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 is a consequential book that deserves to be broadly consulted. * SPECULUM * This splendid book is groundbreaking and fundamental. Immensely learned but also well written and effectively designed to be accessible to a wide audience. Essential. * CHOICE * This excellent book is the most detailed treatment to date of such a landscape, packed with detail and new insights. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY * Splendid...triumphantly demonstrates how much more can be learnt not only about cathedral priories but about monasteries more generally. * SOUTHERN HISTORY * This splendid book provides insights to both the division of a location into sacred, public, private and functional spaces, as well as investigating the various religious and social influences upon changes in a landscape through time. Always an exhilarating read. * LANDSCAPE HISTORY * [A] splendid new book. [...] An impressive and important book [which] will deservedly remain for many years a standard work of reference. * NORFOLK & NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER * A seminal work of scholarship: a vital reference for all future historians and archaeologists of this and other cathedral-priories. * THE CHURCH TIMES *


Given its complementary verbal and illustrative wealth as well as its historical, archival, archaeological, and architectural historical breadth, this is a consequential book that deserves to be broadly consulted. SPECULUM This splendid book is groundbreaking and fundamental. Immensely learned but also well written and effectively designed to be accessible to a wide audience. Essential. CHOICE This excellent book is the most detailed treatment to date of such a landscape, packed with detail and new insights. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY Splendid...triumphantly demonstrates how much more can be learnt not only about cathedral priories but about monasteries more generally. SOUTHERN HISTORY This splendid book provides insights to both the division of a location into sacred, public, private and functional spaces, as well as investigating the various religious and social influences upon changes in a landscape through time. Always an exhilarating read. LANDSCAPE HISTORY (A) splendid new book. (...) An impressive and important book (which) will deservedly remain for many years a standard work of reference. NORFOLK & NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER A seminal work of scholarship: a vital reference for all future historians and archaeologists of this and other cathedral-priories. THE CHURCH TIMES


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 is a consequential book that deserves to be broadly consulted. SPECULUM This splendid book is groundbreaking and fundamental. Immensely learned but also well written and effectively designed to be accessible to a wide audience. Essential. CHOICE This excellent book is the most detailed treatment to date of such a landscape, packed with detail and new insights. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY Splendid...triumphantly demonstrates how much more can be learnt not only about cathedral priories but about monasteries more generally. SOUTHERN HISTORY This splendid book provides insights to both the division of a location into sacred, public, private and functional spaces, as well as investigating the various religious and social influences upon changes in a landscape through time. Always an exhilarating read. LANDSCAPE HISTORY (A) splendid new book. (...) An impressive and important book (which) will deservedly remain for many years a standard work of reference. NORFOLK & NORWICH ARCok (which) will deservedly remain for many years a standard work of reference. NORFOLK & NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER A seminal work of scholarship: a vital reference


Given its complementary verbal and illustrative wealth as well as its historical, archival, archaeological, and architectural historical breadth, this is a consequential book that deserves to be broadly consulted. SPECULUM This splendid book is groundbreaking and fundamental. Immensely learned but also well written and effectively designed to be accessible to a wide audience. Essential. CHOICE This excellent book is the most detailed treatment to date of such a landscape, packed with detail and new insights. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY Splendid...triumphantly demonstrates how much more can be learnt not only about cathedral priories but about monasteries more generally. SOUTHERN HISTORY This splendid book provides insights to both the division of a location into sacred, public, private and functional spaces, as well as investigating the various religious and social influences upon changes in a landscape through time. Always an exhilarating read. LANDSCAPE HISTORY (A) splendid new book. (...) An impressive and important book (which) will deservedly remain for many years a standard work of reference. NORFOLK & NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER A seminal work of scholarship: a vital reference for all future historians and archaeologists of this and other cathedral-priories. THE


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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.

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