Title Peterborough and the Soke : art, architecture and archaeology / edited by Ron Baxter, Jackie Hall, and Claudia Marx

Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Series The British Archaeological Association conference transactions British Archaeological Association conference transactions. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Roman buildings in the lower Nene Valley; A relief depicting two dancing deities and other Roman stonework from Peterborough Cathedral; The Anglo-Saxon abbey of Peterborough: A review of the evidence; Anglo-Saxon sculpture of Peterborough and its region; Contexts of discovery of Roman and Anglo-Saxon stone; The 'Missal' of Robert of Jumièges and manuscript illumination at Peterborough c. 1015-1035; Potestas Petri: Barnack and Peterborough in the Middle Ages; Abbey and town: Post-Conquest topography and lay access Peterborough Abbey: The Norman churchArchitecture during the rule of Abbot Benedict (1177-94); Coming and going: The great gate of Peterborough Abbey as a zone of interaction; The figure sculpture of the west front of Peterborough Cathedral and its setting; What is the subject carved on the socle in the west doorway of Peterborough Abbey?; A few ancient recumbent effigies of abbots, not one of which occupies its original position; The 14th-century great altar screen of Peterborough Cathedral; The Trinity chapel at Peterborough Cathedral The Palm Sunday procession, from the Peterborough Abbey consuetudinal, as a source for topographical identificationThe New Building at Peterborough: Questions of attribution, date, and status; 'Valuable matter' versus 'local twaddle': Peterborough Cathedral and architectural expertise in the 19th century; Peterborough Cathedral in the late Victorian period: The central tower and west front controversies; Index Summary The British Archaeological Association Conference held at Peterborough in 2015 provided a welcome opportunity for a new analysis of the cathedral's architecture, sculpture and artistic production, and a reassessment of the relationship between the former abbey, the city and its institutions, and the Soke over which it held sway. This ambitious volume casts new light on the Roman occupation of the Nene valley, and the rich Anglo-Saxon sculptural and manuscript context that preceded the construction of the present cathedral, as well as exploring the vital Romanesque tradition of the Soke and the essential contribution of the Barnack quarries. But inevitably the most exciting new disclosures concern the church: its high-quality building campaigns during the 12th to 16th centuries, its abbots' tombs and the reconstruction of the lost 14th-century High Altar screen from descriptions and loose fragments. Peterborough has attracted the attention of antiquarian scholars since its sacking by Cromwell's men during the Civil War, and as its secrets are gradually revealed it continues to stimulate the historical imagination Notes Includes index Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Peterborough Cathedral -- Congresses Architecture -- England -- Peterborough -- Congresses Art -- England -- Peterborough -- Congresses Architecture -- England -- Peterborough Region -- Congresses Art -- England -- Peterborough Region -- Congresses SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Architecture Art Buildings SUBJECT Peterborough (England) -- Antiquities -- Congresses Peterborough (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Congresses Peterborough Region (England) -- Antiquities -- Congresses Subject England -- Peterborough England -- Peterborough Region Genre/Form Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Baxter, Ron, editor Hall, Jackie, editor Marx, Claudie, 1932- editor. LC no. 2018051799 ISBN 9780429056420 0429056427 9780429509308 0429509308 9780429509926 0429509928 9780429508684 0429508689

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