Edited by T. A. Heslop and Helen E. Lunnon
British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions XXXVIII (Maney Publishing, Leeds 2015).
ISBN Hardback 978-1-909662-77-3
ISBN Paperback 978-1-909662-78-0
The importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years is explored in this volume in nineteen essays and seven site reports. Current understanding of the city’s origins and development is largely informed by the results of four decades of archaeological investigation. This work is reviewed and extended by the two introductory papers in this volume. A remarkable amount of the physical evidence of the city’s prestigious status is extant, notably the cathedral and castle, two of the most ambitious Romanesque buildings in Europe. These are addressed in several papers, either by means of direct architectural study or in relation to issues such as patronage and influence. Norwich’s outstanding parish churches and merchant houses, both barometers of continuity and change across the medieval and early modern periods, are the subject of five further papers. Norwich was a major centre of operations for masons, painters and artists of all kinds. This is explored not only within the city and cathedral precinct but through its impact in the county. Site reports, short essays on some of the buildings visited during the conference, further illuminate the role of Norwich-based designers and makers in the region.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
BRIAN AYERS The Development of an Urban Landscape: Recent Research in Medieval Norwich
PAUL EVERSON AND DAVID STOCKER Erratics and Enterprise: Lincolnshire Grave-Covers in Norwich and Thetford and Some Implications for Urban Development in the 10th Century
ERIC FERNIE Norwich Cathedral Revisited: Spiral Piers and Architectural Geometry
ROLAND HARRIS Reconstructing the Cathedral Priory at Norwich: Recent Research on Lost Parts of the Romanesque Church
JOHN CROOK The Romanesque Apse of Norwich Cathedral: A Re-examination of the Bishop’s Throne Platform and its Supposed Relic Niche
JAMES KING Norwich Castle Keep: Dates and Contexts
PHILIP DIXON Steps to Lordship
JILL FRANKLIN The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland — Some Observations
RICHARD HALSEY Carrow Priory Church, Norwich and the Introduction of Gothic Architecture to Norfolk
VERONICA SEKULES Bishop John Salmon’s Architectural Patronage at Norwich Cathedral
T.A. HESLOP The Norwich Cathedral Passion Altarpiece (‘The Despenser Retable)
LUCY WRAPSON Ranworth and its Associated Paintings: A Norwich Workshop
RICHARD JONES Norwich Cathedral Spire: Why it Still Stands
DAVID KING The Integration of Church and City: The Development of Norwich City Centre in the Late Middle Ages
FRANCIS WOODMAN St Peter Mancroft and Late Medieval Church Building in Norwich
HELEN LUNNON Defining Porches in Norwich, c. 1250–c. 1510
KATHERINE BOIVIN The Chancel Passageways of Norwich
JON BAYLISS Thomas Gooding or Goodwin, a Norwich Freemason
CHRIS KING Private Lives and Public Power: Norwich Merchants’ Houses Between the 14th and 16th Centuries
SITE REPORTS
Dereham
North Elmham
Cley-next-the-Sea
Wiveton
St Giles, Norwich
St Peter Hungate, Norwich
St Lawrence, Norwich