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. List of Figures ix List of Plates xi Abbreviations xv Acknowledgments xvii Preface xxi 1. A Way of Life in Search of an Architecture 3 2. The Earliest Architecture 23 3. The Colonization of the North 30 4. The Advent of Early Gothic 54 5. The Cistercian Church Transformed 69 6. Cistercian Architecture in the West Country 91 7. Conclusion 101 Catalog of Individual Houses 111 Appendixes A. The Dissolution and After 157 B. The Builders of Cistercian Monasteries in England 165 C. Temporary Foundations: Twelfth-Century Cistercian Houses in England 173 Select Bibliography 175 Index 181 Plates 191 The description for this book, Architecture of Cistercian Abbeys in Twelfth-Century England, will be forthcoming.