The Alignment and Location of Medieval Rural Churches

by Ian Hinton

It has been variously considered that churches faced east for liturgical reasons or reasons of Christian religious belief; that they faced Jerusalem; that they faced sunrise on the day that building work started; or that they faced sunrise on their patronal-saint's feast day, and, in the cases where nave and chancel were aligned differently, that this represented religious symbolism; etc. This study investigates the many reasons for alignment variances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407309730
• ISBN13: 9781407309736
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"