Building with God: Anglo-Norman Durham, Bury St. Edmunds and Norwich
I shall argue that in the medieval period, the construction of churches and, to a considerable extent, urban planning, were deemed God-centred processes rather than human-centred activities.
The custom of the English Church: parish church maintenance in England before 1300
A division of responsibility for parish church fabric and contents between rector and parishioners first appeared in English ecclesiastical legislation in the early thirteenth century and was to remain in place until the mid-nineteenth century.
Toward a Medieval Architectonics: Reading Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral is the most complete of England’s medieval cathedrals. The articulation of its different parts in time and space forms a kind of complex text that can be read in a variety of ways.