The Royal Abbey of Reading

by Ron Baxter

First full-length survey of Reading Abbey, one of the most important ecclesiastical buildings of the Middle Ages.

Reading Abbey was built by King Henry I to be a great architectural statement and his own mausoleum, as well as a place of resort and a staging point for royal itineraries for progresses in the west and south-west of England. Fromthe start it was envisaged as a monastic site with a high degree of independence from the church hierarchy;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783270845
• ISBN13: 9781783270842
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.5"