Rochester Cathedral, 604-1540 : an architectural history / J. Philip McAleer.

Main entry:

McAleer, J. Philip (John Philip), 1935-

Title & Author:

Rochester Cathedral, 604-1540 : an architectural history / J. Philip McAleer.

Publication:

Description:

xxiv, 314 pages, [104] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.
1. The Pre-Conquest Church -- 2. The Free-Standing Tower -- 3. The Late-Eleventh-Century Romanesque Building -- 4. Alterations and Rebuilding in the Twelfth Century -- 5. The Early Gothic Rebuilding -- 6. Later Gothic Alterations and Additions -- 7. Epilogue.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The aim of this study is to provide an architectural history of the medieval fabric of Rochester Cathedral, from its Saxon origins to the time of the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. The author places the development of the building in its artistic context by using comparisons with roughly contemporary buildings in order to assess the cathedral's significance, importance, and originality. Through an analysis of the surviving building and an examination of the documents relating to several campaigns of restoration, primarily in the nineteenth century, a new chronology for several phases of the building is proposed, significantly revising the conclusions of the standard work on the cathedral, that of W.H. St. J. Hope, published in 1898/1900. The study also takes into account the extensive body of literature that has developed since Hope's study, on the Anglo-Saxon, Romanesque, and Gothic periods in Britain."--Jacket

Resources:
c1999.

ISBN:

0802042228
9780802042224

Subject:

Rochester Cathedral (Rochester, Kent, England)
Rochester Cathedral (Rochester, Kent, Angleterre)
Church architecture England Rochester (Kent)
Religious architecture England Rochester (Kent)
Architecture religieuse Angleterre Rochester (Kent)
Architecture chrétienne Angleterre Rochester (Kent)
Religious architecture
Buildings
Church architecture
Architektur
Kathedralen.
Bouwkunst.
Rochester (Kent, England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Rochester (Kent, Angleterre) Constructions.
England Rochester (Kent)
Rochester <Kent> Kathedrale.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203711
Call No.: NA5471.R7 M33 1999
Status: Available

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