AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL. Clarendon Studies in the History of Art.

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A history of the building of Norwich Cathedral, in particular of the original Norman structure of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Eric Fearnie analyses the documentary evidence, quoting extensively from the relevant medieval texts, and examines the jigsaw puzzle presented by the archaeology of the fabric.