Melrose Abbey [Paperback]

Richard Fawcett (Author), Richard Oram (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2004

The Cistercian abbey of Melrose is perhaps the most beautiful of all Scottish monasteries. This first account in 50 years, by Scotland’s foremost medieval architectural historian and a leading medieval historian, draws on archaeological, architectural, and documentary evidence to show the nature of the monastic visitors, how the abbey’s great estates were administered, and why the architecture of the abbey church is the most important illustration of late Gothic architecture in Scotland.

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The Cistercian abbey of Melrose is perhaps the most beautiful of all Scottish monasteries. This first account in 50 years, by Scotland’s foremost medieval architectural historian and a leading medieval historian, draws on archaeological, architectural and documentary evidence to show the nature of the monastic visitors, how the abbey’s great estates were administered, and why the architecture of the abbey church is the most important illustration of late Gothic architecture in Scotland.

Richard Fawcett works for HISTORIC SCOTLAND and is the author of Scottish Medieval Churches (Tempus 2002).

Richard Oram is Lecturer in Scottish Medieval History at the University of Stirling and is the author of several Tempus books, including The Kings & Queens of Scotland.

Published in association with HISTORIC SCOTLAND.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Tempus (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752428675
• ISBN-13: 978-0752428673
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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