Some Account Of Domestic Architecture In England From The Conquest To The End Of The Thirteenth Century

Explore the unique and fascinating history of English architecture with this comprehensive guide. Illustrated with over 300 drawings and photographs, it examines everything from castles and manor houses to churches and cathedrals. A must-read for anyone interested in architecture or English history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England, From the Conquest to the End of the Thirteenth Century: With Numerous Illustrations of Existing Remains From Original Drawings IT occurred long since to the author, that our national records might be made available to illustrate the history of architecture in England. Strongly impressed with this opinion, he began, sixteen years ago, to note down every fact bearing on the subject which offered in the course of daily reference to those records for professional objects. It is in respect only of the information thus accumulated, that he can claim any credit for the present work and he trusts that before it is concluded the value of these ancient docu ments, as unerring guides in the investigation of the his tory of art in this country, from the close of the twelfth century, will be fully established. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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