1st Edition
Medieval and Early Modern Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Norwich
This volume explores the importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years. It addresses two of the most ambitious Romanesque buildings in Europe: cathedral and castle, and illuminates the role of Norwich-based designers and makers in the region.
PREFACE
BRIAN AYERS The Development of an Urban Landscape: Recent Research in Medieval Norwich
PAUL EVERSON AND DAVID STOCKER Erratics and Enterprise: Lincolnshire Grave-Covers in Norwich and Thetford and Some Implications for Urban Development in the 10th Century
ERIC FERNIE Norwich Cathedral Revisited: Spiral Piers and Architectural Geometry
ROLAND HARRIS Reconstructing the Cathedral Priory at Norwich: Recent Research on Lost Parts of the Romanesque Church
JOHN CROOK The Romanesque Apse of Norwich Cathedral: A Re-examination of the Bishop’s Throne Platform and its Supposed Relic Niche
JAMES KING Norwich Castle Keep: Dates and Contexts
PHILIP DIXON Steps to Lordship
JILL FRANKLIN The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland — Some Observations
RICHARD HALSEY Carrow Priory Church, Norwich and the Introduction of Gothic Architecture to Norfolk
VERONICA SEKULES Bishop John Salmon’s Architectural Patronage at Norwich Cathedral
T.A. HESLOP The Norwich Cathedral Passion Altarpiece (‘The Despenser Retable)
LUCY WRAPSON Ranworth and its Associated Paintings: A Norwich Workshop
RICHARD JONES Norwich Cathedral Spire: Why it Still Stands
DAVID KING The Integration of Church and City: The Development of Norwich City Centre in the Late Middle Ages
FRANCIS WOODMAN St Peter Mancroft and Late Medieval Church Building in Norwich
HELEN LUNNON Defining Porches in Norwich, c. 1250–c. 1510
KATHERINE BOIVIN The Chancel Passageways of Norwich
JON BAYLISS Thomas Gooding or Goodwin, a Norwich Freemason
CHRIS KING Private Lives and Public Power: Norwich Merchants’ Houses Between the 14th and 16th Centuries
SITE REPORTS
Dereham
North Elmham
Cley-next-the-Sea
Wiveton
St Giles, Norwich
St Peter Hungate, Norwich
St Lawrence, Norwich
Biography
Sandy Heslop
"Overall, however, this is a particularly successful collaborative study of many aspects of a medieval town."
- James Alexander, Independant Scholar
