Description
Medieval Bishops’ Houses in England and Wales
Routledge Revivals Series
Author: Thompson Michael
Language: EnglishKeywords
East Meon; Bishop's Palace; Aisled Hall; Durham Castle; Bishops Waltham; Hall Block; Ely House; Cambridge Collection; Benedictine Cloister; Thirteenth Century Hall; Ground Floor Hall; Vaulted Undercroft; Farnham Castle; Bishop Auckland; Bishop's Throne; St Asaph; West Range; Episcopal Houses; Bishop's House; Henry III; John Stow's Survey; Winchester House; River Frontage; Twelfth Century Poem; Courtyard House
Publication date: 06-2020
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 09-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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First published in 1998, this book describes the surviving medieval remains there and the far more numerous manor houses and castles owned by the bishops, as well as their London houses. Apart from royal residences these are far the largest group of medieval domestic buildings of a single type that we have. The author describes how these buildings relate to the way of life of the bishops in relation to their duties and their income and how in particular the dramatic social changes of the later middle ages influenced their form. The work of the great bishop castle-builders of the 12th century is discussed, as are the general history of the medieval house with its early influence from the Continent, the changes in style of hall and chamber (still controversial) and its climax in the great courtyard houses of Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York. The book includes over a hundred plans, sections and photographs of the surviving parts of bishops? residences, with a survey of 1647 of the Archbishop?s palace at Canterbury before demolition.
1. Introduction. 2. Castles by the Cathedral. 3. See Palaces. 4. London Houses. 5. Castles on the Manors. 6. Episcopal Security in the Later Middle Ages. 7. Manor Houses. 8. Conclusion.
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