Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

Gabriel Byng is a research fellow in History at Clare Hall, Cambridge, and Director of Studies in History of Art at Clare College, Cambridge. His research focuses on the material culture of late medieval and early modern England.

Summary

Almost every English town and village has a parish church, but how was its construction financed and managed? This original and authoritative study explains how economic change, local politics and architectural creation combined in late-medieval England to complete one of the most demanding tasks that any parish could undertake.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Byng, Gabriel (University of Cambridge) Byng
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108827454
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82745-4
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 31 b/w illus. 19 tables, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss, Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, Architecture, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Archaeology, History of Architecture, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE