Religious Buildings

Contextualises current Salafi iconoclasm and graves destruction, tracing its ideological sourcesIn various parts of the Islamic world over the past...

Cambridgeshire is a large and diverse county, and this is reflected in its churches. In the south, chalk provided flints for even the grandest of c...

The county of Cheshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches. In Churches of Cheshire , author David Paul explores...

Oxfordshire, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, has always been a wealthy county. Its landscapes vary from the chalk and beechwood Chi...

Edinburgh was founded as a royal burgh by David I in the early twelfth century, though there had been a settlement on what became Castle Rock for c...

This first-person account of a legendary necropolis will delight Francophiles, tourists and armchair travelers, while enriching the experience of t...

Building St Paul’s tells the story of the cathedral that has dominated London’s skyline for 300 years and of those responsible for its construction...

This is an illustrated guide to many of the standing stones and crosses of the North York Moors. It provides a reference as an aid to finding them,...

This compact and accessible book is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear and eas...

The vision for this impressive work on temple architecture in the Levant grew out of the author’s work on Roman temple designs on the Iberian Penin...

For the past 15 years, Michael L. Horowitz has been photographing the interiors of Manhattan’s historic churches and synagogues. Though their exter...

Lancashire is a county of contrasts, with heavily industrialised and urbanised areas, remote mountain and moorland and an extensive coastline. Thes...

Churchyards are everywhere, numbered in their thousands. Some have ancient yew trees while others have intriguing structures like parish stocks, ch...

A cathedral is the mother church of a diocese, the seat of a bishop. Together, the 42 English cathedrals of the Church of England constitute one of...

Explores the role of Islam in forming and transforming interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World from a longue dur e perspective Highlights ...

Isfahan is a heavenly city of gardens, mosques and palaces for an open-minded architect. In addition to the artful dome constructions over the pray...