Early Medieval Architecture

• Presents new research and archaeological discoveries in an accessible form
• Provides many new and original observations to enliven study of this subject
• Highlights the achievements and innovations of the period: the church spire, castle keep, etc.

Readership: Students of art history, and architecture; art and architectural historians; archaeologists, especially medieval archaeologists; medieval historians.

Roger Stalley, Professor of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin

Introduction
1: The Christian basilica
2: The Carolingian renaissance
3: Symbolic buildings
4: Architecture and pilgrimage
5: Architecture and monasticism
6: Diversity in the Romanesque era
7: The language of architecture
8: Secular architecture in the age of feudalism
9: Art and engineering
10: Patron and Builder
Epilogue: the shadow of Rome
Notes; List of Illustrations; Bibliographic Essay; Timeline; Index