Architecture of Solitude : Cistercian Abbeys in Twelfth-Century England / Peter Fergusson.

  • Fergusson, Peter, 1934-2022
Date:
1984
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Princeton, New Jersey ; Guildford, Surrey : Princeton University Press, 1984.

Physical description

xxv, 188 pages, 101 unnumbered pages of plates : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 29 cm

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This book has been composed in Linotron Garamond Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Paperbacks, while satisfactory for personal collections, are not usually suitable for library rebinding. Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey.

Contents

A Way of Life in Search of an Architecture -- The Earliest Architecture -- The Colonization of the North -- The Advent of Early Gothic -- The Cistercian Church Transformed -- Cistercian Architecture in the West Country -- Conclusion.

Bibliographic information

Bibliography: p.
Includes index.

Reproduction note

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])

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  • 0691040249
  • 9780691040240