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Cathedrals are awe-inspiring buildings. Most are grand medieval structures, while others appear simple and unpretentious - yet all were designed to re...
The seventh book in this action-packed, New York Times bestselling science fiction series - STAR CARRIER.The civil war might be over, but war for the ...
There are over 40,000 churches and chapels in the United Kingdom. The earliest were built by the first Anglo-Saxon Christians and about 10,000 were bu...
The glorious fifteenth-century Rosslyn Chapel, one of Scotland's most extraordinary architectural masterpieces, has remained in the ownership of the S...
The 128 windows of York Minster are the eighth wonder of the world; they illustrate the art and craft of glass painting, extending over nine centuries...
The countryside, towns and cities of Britain are full of churches. They represent some of the most iconic, beautiful and occasionally bizarre building...
What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines? The ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edm...
It is fascinating to think that many hundreds of generations of Londoners lie beneath the city without us knowing. Over many centuries burial grounds ...
Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence still retains a rare power to ...
The Pinecone is set in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, where a masterpiece in Victorian architecture stands - the strangest and most magical chur...
After an immense process of careful restoration and conservation, the outstanding artistry of the Great East Window is revealed afresh through state-o...
In a new addition to the Pelican History of Art series, leading architectural historian Eric Fernie presents a fascinating survey of Romanesque archit...
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending fr...
FOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards - 2017 GOLD Winner for ArchitectureOne of the most important and authoritative books to celebrate mosque archi...
British architect Nicholas Hawksmoor (approx.1661 - 1736) is recognized as one of the major contributors to the traditions of British and European arc...
Britain is a treasure trove of medieval architecture. Almost every village and town in the land has a church that was built during the period, whose h...
What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the ...
- The second millennium saw the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Britain. One means by which the Normans tightened their grip on Britain af...
Britain is well-known for its churches and cathedrals; buildings of great architecture and religious grandeur that form many of our recognisable skyli...
This compact and accessible book is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear and easy t...
In the early 1250s, Möngke Khan, grandson and successor of the mighty Mongol emperor, Genghis Khan, sent out his younger brothers Qubilai and Hulegu ...
Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards 2016!
It has been estimated that over 90% of England's figurative medieval art was obliterated in the im...
'Inspired . . . encourages us to take a fresh look at the familiar' - The TimesEngland's cathedrals are the nation's glory. They tower over its landsc...
While traveling all over Britain on his pushbike, non-flying travel writer Dixe Wills is forever popping into old churches to look around, grab a mome...
'Exquisite ... A wonderment of an essay about a wonderment of a building' Paul Preston
Its scaffolding-cloaked spires reach up to the heavens, domina...
Highly Commended in the Best Archaeological Book category of the 2008 British Archaeological Awards. Wall paintings are a unique art form, complement...
'London was but is no more!' In these words diarist John Evelyn summed up the destruction wrought by the Great Fire that swept through the City of Lon...
Among the most magnificent buildings of England are its Anglican cathedrals, great symbols of spiritual and architectural power. There are few experie...
Christopher Martin tells the remarkable story of Catholic church architecture in England and Wales, a subject about which very little has been written...
Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the Christian imagination: it is the intersection of the divine and h...
Located in the magnificent south triforium of Ely Cathedral, The Stained Glass Museum is the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to the ancient art...
Great Gothic Cathedrals of France guides readers on a tour of twelve French cathedrals that best exemplify one of the greatest glories of Western civi...
This is the first book-length study of the emergence of Medina, in modern Saudi Arabia, as a widely venerated sacred space and holy city over the cour...
This definitive handbook contains over 130 specially commissioned colour photographs and six maps. It will enable everyone to experience the enduring ...
A handpicked selection of Britain's most interesting diminutive churches, written in an amusing, accessible style to appeal to modern readers. Puts th...
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 is the one date forever seared on the British national psyche. It enabled the Norman Conquest that marked the end of An...
Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality...
The magical qualities of stained glass have an enduring appeal, but church windows tend to be ignored as a form of creative and artistic expression. H...
'Oxfordshire's Best Churches' brings together 116 of the county's churches, exploring their art and architecture, stonework and woodwork, stained glass and wall paintings; the conspicuous features for which they are famed and the often-missed details that make them sing.
The walls of medieval churches were brightly painted with religious imagery and colourful patterns, and although often shadows of their former selves,...
Stephen Dykes Bower (1902-1993) was unique among twentieth century British architects as a sincere practitioner of Gothic design during the post-war p...
From the earliest medieval remains to the handful of churches rebuilt after 1945, this pocket guide includes some of London's finest architecture The ...
In this book Allan Doig explores the interrelationship of liturgy and architecture from the Early Church to the close of the Middle Ages, taking into ...
What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the ...
Handel called Britain 'The Ringing Isle' because he heard bells ringing everywhere he went. Behind the quintessentially English sound of bells ringing...
This practical and comprehensive guide offers essential and expert advice on every aspect of caring for churches.
A money-saving handbook for all wh...
One of the most immediately eye-catching and impressive of all England's great heritage buildings, Durham Cathedral towers high above the River Wear. ...
Volumes I and II bring together all of Irving Lavin's studies aside from those on Gian Lorenzo Bernini. They range from studies of the art and archite...
This handy, easy-to-carry book provides the reader with a strictly visual approach to reading the architecture of churches. Covering all the ecclesias...
The buildings erected in the Deccan region of India belonged to a number of pre-Mughal kingdoms that reigned in the Deccan from the middle of the 14th...