Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Volume 3, Southern EnglandThis is the third volume of Anthony Emery's magisterial survey, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500, first published in 2006. Across the three volumes Emery has examined afresh and re-assessed over 750 houses, the first comprehensive review of the subject for 150 years. Covered are the full range of leading homes, from royal and episcopal palaces to manor houses, as well as community buildings such as academic colleges, monastic granges and secular colleges of canons. This volume surveys Southern England and is divided into three regions, each of which includes a separate historical and architectural introduction as well as thematic essays prompted by key buildings. The text is complemented throughout by a wide range of plans and diagrams and a wealth of photographs showing the present condition of almost every house discussed. This is an essential source for anyone interested in the history, architecture and culture of medieval England and Wales. |
Contents
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Ecclesiastical houses 21 Collegiate foundations 22 Moated | 24 |
bibliography | 40 |
Abingdon Abbey and monastic granges 43 Acton Court 48 | 48 |
Ashbury Manor 50 Ashleworth Court 53 Bampton Castle | 58 |
Beverston Castle 67 Boarstall Tower 70 Broadway Abbots | 80 |
Donnington Castle 83 Dorney Court and local framed | 97 |
an introduction | 215 |
survey | 221 |
Barnard Inn and London corporate institutions 221 Crosby | 230 |
Lambeth Palace London 235 Low Hall Manor and lesser | 252 |
Episcopal residences 267 Royal residences 268 Defendable | 447 |
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bibliography | 485 |
survey | 593 |
Fyfield Manor 99 Gloucester Abbey and regional abbatial | 107 |
Lewknor Church Farm 113 Little Sodbury Manor 115 | 115 |
Lypiatt Park 117 Minster Lovell Hall 117 Notley Abbey | 121 |
Gloucestershire fortified houses 130 Oxford Merton College | 137 |
Oxford Magdalen College and the fifteenthcentury | 145 |
Oxford Worcester College and monastic | 151 |
academic foundations 151 Shirburn Castle 153 Sonning | 178 |
Thame Park 180 Thornbury Castle 183 Upton Court | 189 |
Wanswell Court 191 Windsor Castle 192 Yelford | 208 |
manor houses 492 Blackmoor Manor 495 Bowhill 497 and priests houses in southwest England 629 Shute 632 | 632 |
Buckfast Abbey Guest House 506 Cadhay Stourton House 643 Sturminster Newton Manor House | 645 |
Croscombe Hall 533 Dartington Hall 534 Exeter Truthall and Medros Manors 657 Wardour Castle 658 | 658 |
Bishops Palace and episcopal houses in Devon 549 Exeter Weare Giffard Hall 665 Wells Bishops Palace and episcopal | 679 |
Kingston Seymour Manor House 578 Knightstone 580 | 693 |
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Common terms and phrases
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