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Medieval Bishops' Houses in England and Wales

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Medieval Bishops' Houses in England and Wales

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Medieval Bishops' Houses in England and Wales

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Medieval Bishops' Houses in England and Wales book

ByMichael Thompson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1998
eBook Published 26 October 2018
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429450846
Pages 227
eBook ISBN 9780429450846
Subjects Built Environment, Humanities
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Thompson, M. (1998). Medieval Bishops' Houses in England and Wales (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429450846

ABSTRACT

First published in 1998, this book describes the surviving medieval remains there and the far more numerous manor houses and castles owned by the bishops, as well as their London houses. Apart from royal residences these are far the largest group of medieval domestic buildings of a single type that we have. The author describes how these buildings relate to the way of life of the bishops in relation to their duties and their income and how in particular the dramatic social changes of the later middle ages influenced their form. The work of the great bishop castle-builders of the 12th century is discussed, as are the general history of the medieval house with its early influence from the Continent, the changes in style of hall and chamber (still controversial) and its climax in the great courtyard houses of Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York. The book includes over a hundred plans, sections and photographs of the surviving parts of bishops’ residences, with a survey of 1647 of the Archbishop’s palace at Canterbury before demolition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|13 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|15 pages

Castles by the cathedral

chapter 3|42 pages

See palaces

chapter 4|13 pages

London houses

chapter 5|20 pages

Castles on the manors

chapter 6|21 pages

Episcopal security in the later middle ages

chapter 7|30 pages

Manor houses

chapter 8|8 pages

Conclusion

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