The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries

by Julian M. Luxford

Book Overview

Analysis of the patronage of Benedictine monasteries has much to reveal about both monastic life and material culture of the time.

The patronage of Benedictine art and architecture, and the circumstances that made it possible and desirable, reveal much about the ambitions, beliefs and allegiances of both the order and those who interacted with it; moreover, analysis of such patronage also improves our understanding of some of the most important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843837595
• ISBN13: 9781843837596
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.5"