Building the Parish Church in Late Medieval England Architecture, Art, and the Collaborative Gothic Monument
Book contents
- Building the Parish Church in Late Medieval England
- Building the Parish Church in Late Medieval England
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- Chapter 1 One and Many
- Chapter 2 Form, Function, and Friction
- Chapter 3 Profits and People
- Chapter 4 People and Profits
- Chapter 5 Provision, Piety, and Power
- Chapter 6 Fittings and Furnishings
- Conclusion
- Appendix Lists of Medieval Open-Plan Churches in Twelve Historic Counties
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - One and Many
Parish Church Planning in Late Medieval England
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2026
Book contents
- Building the Parish Church in Late Medieval England
- Building the Parish Church in Late Medieval England
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- Chapter 1 One and Many
- Chapter 2 Form, Function, and Friction
- Chapter 3 Profits and People
- Chapter 4 People and Profits
- Chapter 5 Provision, Piety, and Power
- Chapter 6 Fittings and Furnishings
- Conclusion
- Appendix Lists of Medieval Open-Plan Churches in Twelve Historic Counties
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 surveys scholarly approaches to the development of the parish church as a spatial/social phenomenon in medieval England. It introduces the example of the “open-plan parish church,” a distinctive architectural type defined by the absence of any structural division between nave and chancel, as a powerful mechanism for analyzing the dynamics of architectural form, architectural function, and architectural facture in late medieval society.
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- Building the Parish Church in Late Medieval EnglandArchitecture, Art, and the Collaborative Gothic Monument, pp. 1 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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