Contents: The development of Old Sarum in relation to key historical events – A survey of thirteenth-century Salisbury including key institutions, occupations, and the built fabric – Medieval modes of representation and other new towns - Geometry and form - Drawings and contemporary written accounts - Processions at Old Sarum and Salisbury – The meaning of the ceremonies linked to the foundation – The theology of the Salisbury Chapter – Description of the cathedral buildings, the Close and the city and their relationship to sacred time and space – The orientation of the new city and its processional structure.
The Author: Christian Frost studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and later researched aspects of the continuity of architectural representation during the transition from the Classical to the Christian world. He has worked as an architect in England, Australia and Germany and currently teaches architecture at the School of Architecture and Landscape, Kingston University.
«‘Time, Space and Order’ is a fascinating and richly-written account of the practices and processes that shaped the foundation of an English cathedral city, Salisbury in Wiltshire, in the south of England.» (Keith D. Lilley, Journal of Historical Geography)
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