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A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English HistoryGothic Ascendant

A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History: Gothic Ascendant [Nearly all the churches of the Old English kingdom were demolished and rebuilt in the Romanesque style by the conquering Normans. This phase of intensive rebuilding was made possible by the enormous wealth expropriated from the defeated Anglo-Saxon population. Between the late twelfth and early sixteenth centuries there followed a more extended period of church-building in the new Gothic style imported from France. English Gothic went through three phases of structural and stylistic innovation: Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular. Its golden age spanned the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, as the church reached the zenith of its power and wealth. This was the era of ‘high farming’, when direct cultivation of monastic estates led to a peak in the prosperity of religious houses.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English HistoryGothic Ascendant

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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978-0-230-36035-8
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145 –213
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10.1057/978-1-137-31921-0_4
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[Nearly all the churches of the Old English kingdom were demolished and rebuilt in the Romanesque style by the conquering Normans. This phase of intensive rebuilding was made possible by the enormous wealth expropriated from the defeated Anglo-Saxon population. Between the late twelfth and early sixteenth centuries there followed a more extended period of church-building in the new Gothic style imported from France. English Gothic went through three phases of structural and stylistic innovation: Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular. Its golden age spanned the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, as the church reached the zenith of its power and wealth. This was the era of ‘high farming’, when direct cultivation of monastic estates led to a peak in the prosperity of religious houses.]

Published: Sep 23, 2016

Keywords: Thirteenth Century; Fourteenth Century; Twelfth Century; Eleventh Century; Parish Church

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