Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9781107157095 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 336 str.

Gabriel Byng

Opis

The first systematic study of the financing and management of parish church construction in England in the Middle Ages.

Recenzje

'Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages is an engaging and significant study that sets church building - its administration and its financing - in later medieval England within the broader context of the changing economy and society of the period.' Phillipp R. Schofield, The American Historical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Financing construction I: the parish; 2. Financing construction II: gentry and clergy; 3. Organising construction I: the churchwardens; 4. Organising construction II: contracting committees and fabric wardens; 5. Organising construction III: aristocracy, clergy and institutions; 6. Approaches to building work.