
"Pictorical sources for C11th Monastery/churches?" Topic
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Frothers Did It And Ran Away | 11 Feb 2025 4:07 a.m. PST |
I was wondering if anyone can recommend any good visual sources for English architecture, especially for monastic/church buildings around the time of the Norman Conquest? Most of the books I've been able to source using the term "anglo-saxon" seem to err towards the C8th, Alfred the Great and so on, and when you search "medieval" you tend to get a slightler later period with all the gothic stuff in full swing. Anyway, any good books, websites etc gratefully received. |
Eumelus  | 11 Feb 2025 4:37 a.m. PST |
The search term you're looking for is "romanesque". A good typical 11th c. example: link |
Herkybird  | 11 Feb 2025 5:48 a.m. PST |
One thing should be remembered, in the late Saxon/early Norman period of English history, it was common to have a cross near the centre of a village, where people gathered on a Sunday, rather than a 'Church', most of these were built later. |
GildasFacit  | 11 Feb 2025 6:41 a.m. PST |
Preaching crosses were commonplace throughout the medieval period in England but only replaced churches in more remote areas. Saxon churches were probably as common as early Norman ones but many were built of timber so don't survive (a few do). Also Norman churches were quite regularly built near or over earlier ones, just as Gothic ones were built over Norman ones. |
Frothers Did It And Ran Away | 22 Feb 2025 4:59 a.m. PST |
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