13th century Welsh chapel to be restored
A chapel in the Welsh town of Llantwit Major has been awarded nearly £300,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to transform the ruined…
Lincoln Cathedral : the evolving perception and practice of care in an historic masonry structure
Lincoln Cathedral : the evolving perception and practice of care in an historic masonry structure By Michael O’Connor PhD Dissertation, De Montfort University,…
Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba
Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba By Pablita Santos BA Thesis, Williams College, 2007 Contents Introduction Chapter…
Medieval perception of space and place in the architecture of Gothic churches
Medieval perception of space and place in the architecture of Gothic churches By John A.H. Lewis South African Journal of Art History, vol.…
£7.5m project to revitalize Chester Cathedral
The Cheshire West and Chester Executive Council has given the go-ahead for a £7.5m project that will bring major changes to the Chester…
Is this the Lost Anglo-Saxon Church of Westbury-on-Trym?
Is this the Lost Anglo-Saxon Church of Westbury-on-Trym? By Jon Cannon British Archaeology, Issue 114 (2010) Introduction: At first sight, the room beneath the…
Dean’s Eye Window – the reconstruction of a medieval rose window at Lincoln Cathedral
Dean’s Eye Window – the reconstruction of a medieval rose window at Lincoln Cathedral By Geoff Clifton and Gary Willis The Structural Engineer…
Studies on the structure of Gothic Cathedrals
Studies on the structure of Gothic Cathedrals By Pere Roca Historical Constructions, edited by P.B. Lourenço and P. Roca (Guimarães, 2001) Abstract: The study…
Exeter Cathedral awarded £45,800
Plans to transform opportunities for education and research at Exeter Cathedral received a boost last week, thanks to a £45,800 award from the…
Repairs needed at medieval chapel in Bradwell Abbey
St Mary’s Chapel at Bradwell Abbey in Buckinghamshire, England is undergoing repairs with a temporary roof put in place make it water and…
The Collapse of the Beauvais Cathedral in 1284: The Conjecture of the Creep Buckling Piers
The interior vaulting exceeded 48 m in height, making it the tallest cathedral in Europe. The collapse was quite inexplicable and many theories have been debated trying to understand the reasons of the failure.
Local churches and the conquest of the North: elite patronage and identity in Saxo-Norman Northumbria
Local churches and the conquest of the North: elite patronage and identity in Saxo-Norman Northumbria By A. McClain Early Medieval Northumbria: Kingdoms and…
Sheffield Cathedral receives funding to promote its heritage
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to Sheffield Cathedral, the city’s oldest building, to work up plans to significantly…
Artificial Intelligence used to study Gothic Cathedrals
Simply standing before a Gothic cathedral—say Notre-Dame in Paris—can be an overwhelming experience. Understanding how all its parts artfully and structurally work together…
Project to examine images of Hell in the medieval churches of Crete
Frescoes from the island of Crete depicting scenes of Hell and the punishments of the damned are the focus of a new research…
Medieval England to be featured in two BBC shows
Television viewers in the United Kingdom will have the chance to watch two new history programmes that feature medieval England. The BBC will…
Medieval Clock in Wells Cathedral goes electric
Since 1392 a clock has been chiming and turning in Wells Cathedral in the English county of Somerset. But the world’s oldest continually-working…
The English Parish Church through the Centuries
A new digital resource created by the University of York has been released which will provide teaching and learning resources about the history…
The Minster Churches of Beverley, Ripon and Southwell 1066-c.1300
This work is concerned with the comparative study of three minster churches, those of Beverley, Ripon and Southwell, in the period 1066-c.1300.
Solemn World of Lights: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral is located southwest of Paris. The building has four wings pointing directly North, South, East and West. Each wing represents the…
Ethiopian Pilgrimage: The Rock Churches of Lalibela
The Christian monarch had a dream. God spoke to him: Build churches of rock this will be a New Jerusalem.
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.