Description
Book SynopsisThese two volumes, which have been published separately, present a collection of Richard Gem's archaeological and architectural assessments of individual buildings written over the last 25 years which, together, form an overview of the development of English church architecture from the 7th to the 12th century. He demonstrates that English sacred architecture has to be placed within a broader European context and cannot be simply classified as pre- or post-Norman conquest. Volume I presents 15 essays which focus on Pre-Romanesque styles and themes, Anglo-Saxon churches and minsters, Carolingian structures in France and England, and Pre-Romanesque architecture in England. Volume II focuses on specific medieval Romanesque churches in England. Each volume must be purchased separately but pagination continues in Volume II.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Archaeology and Architecture of English Christianity: What do Churches Mean?
ABC: how should we periodise Anglo-Saxon Architecture
Architecture of the Anglo-Saxon Church, 735 to 870: from Archbishop Ecgberht to Archbishop Ceolred
The Episcopal Churches of Lindsey in the Early 9th Century
The Anglo-Saxon Church at Cirencester: a Reconstruction and Evaluation
Staged Timber Spires in Carolingian North East France and Late Anglo-Saxon England
The Pre-Romanesque Facade in England
Documentary References to Anglo-Saxon Painted Architecture
Towards an Iconography of Anglo-Saxon Architecture
Reconstructions of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, in the Anglo-Saxon Period
Tenth-Century Architecture in England
Church Architecture in the Reign of King Aethelred
A Recession in English Architecture during the Early 11th Century and its Effect on the Development of the Romanesque Style
Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque Architecture in England
