Table of Contents

Introduction - Jon Cannon and Beth Williamson
On the Waterfront - The Early Medieval Landscape Setting of St Augustine's, Bristol - Roger H. Leech
The Romanesque Fabric - John McNeill
Wisdom's House: Abbott David's commissioning of the Elder Lady Chapel - Sarah Jane Boss
Gothic Metamorphosed: The Choir of St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol and the Renewal of European Architecture around 1300 - Christopher Wilson
Berkeley patronage and the fourteenth-century choir - Jon Cannon
Bristol Cathedral and Nikolaus Pevsner, Sondergotik in The West Country - Paul Crossley
The late medieval abbey: patronage, buildings and images - Julian Luxford
The Monastic Community of St Augustine's in the Later Middle Ages - James G. Clark
The Conversion of St Augustine's, Bristol, to a Cathedral - Joseph Bettey
SECRETA MEA MIHI: the wall-paintings from the Old Deanery of Bristol Cathedral - Cathy Oakes
Epilogue - Beth Williamson
Glossary
Bibliography

About the Author

Beth Williamson is Professor of Medieval Culture at the University of Bristol. She works on the religious culture of western Europe Christianity, with a focus on the forms and functions of religious imagery, and on religious belief and behaviour. Beth Williamson is Professor of Medieval Culture at the University of Bristol. She works on the religious culture of western Europe Christianity, with a focus on the forms and functions of religious imagery, and on religious belief and behaviour.

Reviews

Illuminate our understanding of the cathedral's fabric and patronage history and, by extension therefore, the context of the production and commissioning of monuments. ... A useful addition to the collections of those interested in the histories of Gothic architecture, monastic patronage, and of Bristol itself.
*CHURCH MONUMENTS*

Its main strength is to be found in the close attention it pays to the twin issues of the rich architectural creativity at Bristol in the early fourteenth century and the role of secular patronage in such creativity.
*ANNUAL BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE*

A major contribution to knowledge, beautifully produced.
*TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRISTOL & GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY*

All with interest in the middle ages could enjoy these ten well-illustrated architectural detective stories.
*BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY*

A valuable work in well-researched detail that greatly advances our knowledge.
*CHURCH TIMES*