Architecture of solitude : Cistercian abbeys in twelfth-century England

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. 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 I The West Country -- Conclusion -- Catalog Of Individual Houses -- Appendixes: -- The Dissolution And After -- The Builders Of Cistercian Monasteries In England -- Temporary Foundations: Twelfth-century Cistercian Houses In England. Peter Fergusson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [175]-179. Frontmatter List of Figures (page ix) List of Plates (page xi) Abbreviations (page xv) Acknowledgments (page xvii) Preface (page xxi) 1. A Way of Life in Search of an Architecture (page 3) 2. The Earliest Architecture (page 23) 3. The Colonization of the North (page 30) 4. The Advent of Early Gothic (page 54) 5. The Cistercian Church Transformed (page 69) 6. Cistercian Architecture in the West Country (page 91) 7. Conclusion (page 101) CATALOG OF INDIVIDUAL HOUSES (page 111) Appendixes A. The Dissolution and After (page 157) B. The Builders of Cistercian Monasteries in England (page 165) C. Temporary Foundations: Twelfth-Century Cistercian Houses in England (page 173) Select Bibliography (page 175) Index (page 181) Plates (page 193) The description for this book, Architecture of Cistercian Abbeys in Twelfth-Century England, will be forthcoming.