This book is an outcome of the summer conference on the theme Newcastle and Northumberland. It examines the heritage of north-eastern England ranging from the sculpture of the Roman occupation through the monuments and architecture of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods.
This volume...was conceived as bringing into prominence the variety of the monuments extant in the study area. In this, it has certainly succeeded, for it offers a series of papers dealing with material of great interest in a lucid and generally incisive way...The papers are supported by generous illustration of high standard, and the publishers have done an excellent job in producing such an attractive volume...The volume is an outstanding contribution to the British Archaeological Association's series of conference transactions. -- Archaeological Journal Archaeological Journal "This latest BAA conference volume brings together an interesting collection of work on the buildings and archaeology of NE England" -- Deirdre O'Sullivan Journal of Medieval Archaeology, vol 53
Innehållsförteckning
1. The Making of Newcastle 2. By Divine Decree: Roman Sculpture from North-East England 3. Stones of the North: Sculpture in Northumbria in the ‘Age of Bede’ 4. Eyes of Light: Colour in the Lindisfarne Gospels 5. Apostolically Inscribed: St Cuthbert’s Coffin as Sacred Vessel 6. Henry II, Anglo-Scots Relations, and the Building of the Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne 7. The Construction of the Gothic Priory Church of Hexham 8. Medieval Saints’ Cults at Hexham 9. The Pulpitum at Hexham Priory 10. The Architecture of Tynemouth Priory Church 11. Manuscripts, History and Aesthetic Interests at Tynemouth Priory 12. He went round the holy places praying and offering’: Evidence for Cuthbertine Pilgrimage to Lindisfarne and Farne in the Late Medieval Period 13. The Early Development of Alnwick Castle, c. 1100–1400 14. Border Towers: A Cartographic Approach 15. Women Behaving Badly. Warkworth Castle: Protection or Paranoia?
