Medieval Bishops’ Houses in England and Wales
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Author_Michael Thompson
Benedictine Cloister
Bishop Auckland
bishop castle construction methods
Bishop's House
Bishop's Palace
Bishop's Throne
Bishops Waltham
Cambridge Collection
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Courtyard House
domestic medieval buildings
Durham Castle
East Meon
ecclesiastical residences
Ely House
episcopal architecture
Episcopal Houses
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Farnham Castle
Ground Floor Hall
hall and chamber design
Hall Block
Henry III
John Stow's Survey
late medieval social change
palace archaeology
River Frontage
St Asaph
Thirteenth Century Hall
Twelfth Century Poem
Vaulted Undercroft
West Range
Winchester House
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- ISBN 9781138324534
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
