Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Cathedrals and Abbeys

From stories of English Popes, martyred archbishops and renegade bishops to iconoclastic kings, power-hungry nobles and architectural dynasties, as well as the role of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, this book explores how the people and religion in Britain have shaped these buildings over the last 2,000 years. It also examines the architectural heritage of British cathedrals, from troublesome spires, stained glass wonders and buy-a-brick campaigns to abbeys in the sea, fortified castle-cathedrals and mass graves.

Hardback

144 pages