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This collection of essays presents the exciting and innovative work
being done in the field of medieval architectural history by
scholars affiliated with AVISTA, one of the most active sponsors of
such research in the Anglo-American scholarly community. These
studies constitute a snapshot of the range of new interpretive
strategies being deployed by researchers in the reassessment of
previous scholarship and identification of new modes of inquiry. In
recent years, the study of medieval architecture has been
transformed by the emergence of new critical perspectives and new
technologies. The contributors to this book are among those at the
forefront of these developments. Several of the essays present
dramatic reinterpretations of canonical monuments including the
Abbey of Saint-Denis, Beauvais Cathedral and Notre-Dame in Paris.
Others consider broader methodological issues such as the
applications of geometry, workshop practice, and the shaping of
historical narratives. Still others demonstrate how high-tech
scanning and visualization methods can enhance our understanding of
construction methods and the behavior of buildings. The publication
of this collection of pioneering essays should foster further
exploration by clarifying the state of research, by establishing
specific historical arguments, and by providing models of inquiry
to inspire emerging scholars.
An introduction to the medieval cathedral, those churches that are
regarded as the greatest achievements of medieval architecture.
Details their social history, who built them, how they were built,
and why. Forty photos and maps help to guide the reader through a
narrated tour of these awe-inspiring churches. When we think of
cathedrals, we usually envision the great Gothic Buildings of 12th-
and 13th-century Europe. But other than being a large church, a
cathedral is neither a specific building type nor specifically
medieval. What a makes a large church a cathedral is the presence
of a single item of furniture: the chair (in Latin: cathedra) or
throne that is the symbol of the ecclesiastical and spiritual
authority of a bishop. This book is an introduction to the medieval
cathedral, those churches that are usually regarded as among the
greatest achievements of medieval architecture. While cathedrals
were often the most prominent urban structure in many European
cities, their construction was never a civic responsibility, but
remained the responsibility of the clergy in charge of the day to
day activities and services. Beginning with an overview of the
social history of cathedrals, Clark examines such topics as
patrons, builders and artists, and planning and construction; and
provides an in-depth examination of the French Cathedral at
Reims—a seminal building with significant technological advances,
important sculptural programs, a surviving bishop's palace, and
other structures. The volume concludes with a series of
illustrations, a selection of original texts, and a selected
bibliography for further study. A full index is also provided.
The eleventh and twelfth centuries witnessed a thoroughgoing
transformation of European culture, as new ways of thinking
revitalized every aspect of human endeavor, from architecture and
the visual arts to history, philosophy, theology, and even law. In
this book Charles M. Radding and William W. Clark offer fresh
perspectives on changes in architecture and learning at three
moments in time. Unlike previous studies, including Erwin
Panofsky's classic essay Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism,
Radding and Clark's book not only compares buildings and treatises
but argues that the ways of thinking and the ways of solving
problems were analogous. The authors trace the professional
contexts and creative activities of builders and masters from the
creation of the Romanesque to the achievements of the Gothic and,
in the process, establish new criteria for defining each. During
the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, they argue, both
intellectual treatises and Romanesque architecture reveal a growing
mastery of a body of relevant expertise and the expanding
techniques by which that knowledge could be applied to problems of
reasoning and building. In the twelfth century, new intellectual
directions, set by such specialists as Peter Abelard and the second
master builder working at Saint-Denis, began to shape new systems
of thinking based on a coherent view of the world. By the
thirteenth century these became the standards by which all
practitioners of a discipline were measured. The great ages of
scholastic learning and of Gothic architecture are some of the
results of this experimentation. At each stage Radding and Clark
take the reader into the workshops and centers of study to examine
themethods used by builders and masters to create the artistic and
intellectual works for which the Middle Ages are justly famous.
Handsomely illustrated and clearly written, this book will be of
great interest to scholars and students of medieval art, culture,
philosophy, history, intellectual history, and the history of
technology.
The Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Mucking, Essex, represent the burials
of over 800 individuals from the 5th to early 7th centuries. This
long-awaited report includes detailed illustrated catalogues in
Part i, and comprehensive analysis and discussion of the burials,
their relation to the excavated settlement evidence and wider
context, in Part ii. The mixed rite Cemetery II is one of the
largest and most complete Anglo-Saxon cemeteries yet excavated (282
inhumation burials, 463 cremation burials), while the partly
destroyed Cemetery I included further significant inhumations. The
quality and quantity of the evidence from graves of the first half
of the 5th century, with cultural affinities primarily with the
Elbe-Weser area, is unsurpassed. By the later 5th and the 6th
century the cemetery was primarily 'Saxon' in character, but with
some Anglian and eastern Kentish influences; Frankish (and in one
case Alamannic) artefacts were also found. The dating is based on
seriation analysis of the inhumation artefact assemblages and is
combined with an innovative maximisation of demographic data from
soil silhouettes and important evidence for coffin structure and
costume. Mucking can now be seen as a particularly extensive
Anglo-Saxon settlement, of at least 100+ individuals, commanding an
important strategic position in the Lower Thames region; it may
have functioned as a meeting place and mart for surrounding areas
on both sides of the Thames.
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