The Royal Abbey of Reading

First full-length survey of Reading Abbey, one of the most important ecclesiastical buildings of the Middle Ages.

List of contents

Introduction
Foundation
Pilgrimage and Relics
Death and Burial at Reading Abbey
The Abbey and the Court
Dissolution and Dilapidation
The Architecture of the Abbey Church
The Architecture of the Cloister
The Sculpture of the Cloister
Bibliography

About the author

Ron Baxter

Product details

• Authors: Ron Baxter
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781783270842
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-084-2
• No. of pages: 407
• Weight: 1102 g
• Illustrations: 50 colour, 137 b/w illus.
• Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture; Boydell Studies in Medieval Ar
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories