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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780562403321

Autore

McAleer J. Philip

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

1-282-02579-1

9786612025792

1-4426-7943-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Disciplina

283.422323

Soggetti

Church architecture - England

Livres numeriques.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Rochester <Kent> Kathedrale

England Rochester (Kent)

Rochester (Kent, Angleterre) Constructions

Rochester (Kent, England) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 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 -- Notes -- Essential Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y

Sommario/riassunto

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.