This volume explores the importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years. It addresses two of the most ambitious Romanesque buildings in Europe: cathedral and castle, and illuminates the role of Norwich-based designers and makers in the region.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Brian Ayers, The Development of an Urban Landscape: Recent Research in Medieval Norwich
Chapter 2: 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
Chapter 3: Eric Fernie, Norwich Cathedral Revisited: Spiral Piers and Architectural Geometry
Chapter 4: Roland Harris, Reconstructing the Cathedral Priory at Norwich: Recent Research on Lost Parts of the Romanesque Church
Chapter 5: John Crook, The Romanesque Apse of Norwich Cathedral: A Re-examination of the Bishop’s Throne Platform and its Supposed Relic Niche
Chapter 6: James King, Norwich Castle Keep: Dates and Contexts
Chapter 7: Philip Dixon, Steps to Lordship
Chapter 8: Jill Franklin, The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland — Some Observations
Chapter 9: Richard Halsey, Carrow Priory Church, Norwich and the Introduction of Gothic Architecture to Norfolk
Chapter 10: Veronica Sekules, Bishop John Salmon’s Architectural Patronage at Norwich Cathedral
Chapter 11: T. A. Heslop, The Norwich Cathedral Passion Altarpiece (‘The Despenser Retable’)
Chapter 12: Lucy Wrapson, Ranworth and its Associated Paintings: A Norwich Workshop
Chapter 13: Richard Jones, Norwich Cathedral Spire: Why it Still Stands
Chapter 14: David King, The Integration of Church and City: The Development of Norwich City Centre in the Late Middle Ages
Chapter 15: Francis Woodman, St Peter Mancroft and Late Medieval Church Building in Norwich
Chapter 16: Helen Lunnon, Defining Porches in Norwich, c. 1250–c. 1510
Chapter 17: Katherine Boivin, The Chancel Passageways of Norwich
Chapter 18: Jon Bayliss, Thomas Gooding or Goodwin, a Norwich Freemason
Chapter 19: 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
