The construction of a church was undoubtedly one of the most demanding events to take place in the life of a medieval parish. It required a huge outlay of time, money and labour, and often a new organisational structure to oversee design and management. Who took control and who provided the financing was deeply shaped by local patterns in wealth, authority and institutional development – from small villages with little formal government to settlements with highly unequal populations. This all took place during a period of great economic and social change as communities managed the impact of the Black Death, the end of serfdom and the slump of the mid-fifteenth century. This original and authoritative study provides an account of how economic change, local politics and architecture combined in late-medieval England. It will be of interest to researchers of medieval, socio-economic and art history.
ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURE, ARTS, Christian Churches & denominations, Christianity, Church history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General & world history, HISTORY, History of architecture, History: earliest times to present day, Medieval history, RELIGION & BELIEFS, RELIGION: GENERAL
Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 107)
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