Architecture of solitude
Cistercian abbeys in twelfth-century England
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Publication
1984 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
47,000 words, Guess
Page Count
188 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3185766M
- ISBN-100691040249
- OCLC Control Number10273813
- Library of Congress Control Number83043072
- Goodreads2384224
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- LibraryThing925844
Classifications
- DDC726/.7/0942
- LCCNA5463 .F4 1984
Description
"From their arrival in England in 1128 to the end of the twelfth century, the Cistercians established fifty monasteries, including some of the largest and most famous abbeys in the country. The author traces the evolution of Cistercian architecture in England during the this period and explains it as a manifestation both of the order's spiritual aims and of the manifestation of Gothic architecture in France. He shows how the founding houses in France influenced Cistercian architecture in England and how the order's spiritual commitments to poverty and solitude isolated its building from English architectural tradition."--Publisher description.
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