BIBLIOGRAPHY
Note:
The following books on Medieval church architecture and Medieval History are
in my personal library. There are 1000’s of other books that are equally as
informative.
At the end
of this list you will find a list of related historic novels plus my favorite
Medieval Mystery Series.
ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY
Ackermann, Stephen, Trier,
Germany’s Oldest City, Schoning GmbH & Co, Lubeck
Ammerich,
Hans, Speyer Cathedral, Progressdruck GmbH, Speyer, 2003
Anderson, Bernhard W., Understanding
the Old Testament, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1975
Artusi, Luciano, Orsanmichele
in Firenze, Edizioni Becocci, Florence
2006
Bacherini, Paolo, All Venice, Bonechi
Edizioni “II Turismo”, Florence, 2003
Barbero, Alessandro, The
Day of the Barbarians, Walker Publishing, New York, 2007
Barrow, R.H. The Romans, Penguin Books,
London, 1960
Barrucand, Marianne, Moorish
Architecture in Andalusia, Taschen, GmbH- Koln, 2007
Bely, Lucien, The Mont Saint-Michel,
Ouest-France, Rennes,1976
Binding, Gunther, High Gothic- The Age of
Great Cathedrals, Taschen, New York, 2002
Boix, Maur M, What
is Montserrat, Publicacions de l’Abadia, Monserrat, 1998
Bourke, John, Baroque
Churches of Central Europe, Faber and Faber, London, 1962
Bovini, Giuseppe, Ravenna-its
mosaics and monuments, Longo Editore, Ravenna
Brandon, Raphael and Brandon J. Arthur, Gothic Architecture, Dover Publications, New York,2007
Briggs, Martin S., Cathedral Architecture, Pitkin
Unichrome Ltd, Great Britian, 2001
Bumpus, T. Francis, The Cathedrals of France,
T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, London, 1927
Bustacchini, Gianfranco, Ravenna-Mosaics,
Monuments and Environment, Cartolibreria Salbaroli, Ravena
Caccin,M and Angelo,P, Basilica
of Saints John and Paul – History and Art, Edizoni D’Arte Marconi,
Venice
Cahill, Thomas, Mysteries
of the Middle Ages, Doubleday, New York, 2006
Callias-Bey, Martine, Rouen Notre Dame
Cathedral, Connaissance du Patrimoine de Haute, Normandie, 2004
Calleja, Rafael Hierro, Granada
and the Alhambra,Ediciones Miguel Sanchez, Granada 2005
Cannon-Brookes, P. and C., Great Buildings of the World- Baroque Churches, Paul Hamlyn,London,
1969
Carl, Alfred, Aachen
and Its Cathedral, Die Deutche Bibliothek, Aachen, 2005
Carment-Lanfry, A.M., The
Cathedral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Acheve d’imprimer sur les presses de
IROPA Imprimerie, Rouen, 1999
Ceariott, Guido (Editor), Florence Art and Architecture, Tandem Verlag,GmbH 2007
Clifton-Taylor, Alec, The Cathedrals of
England, Thames and Hudson, London, 1995
Cottle Basil, All the Cathedrals of France, Unicorn
Press, London 2002
Couch, Malcolm, Greek & Roman Mythology, Todtri
Productions, New York 1997
Cumplido, Manuel Nieto,The
Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, Escudo de Oro, Spain, 2007
Dawley, Powel Mills, Chapters in Church
History, Seabury Press, Greenwich, 1956
De Burgh, W.G., The Legacy of the Ancient
World, Penguin Books, New York, 1961
Decaens, Henry, Rouen, Éditions
Quest-France, Rennes,1999
Delgado, Francisco Gil, Seville
Cathedral, Escudo de Oro, Seville,2008
Demouy, Patrick, Saint-Remi of Rheims
Basilica, la Goelette
Demouy, Patrick, Rheims Cathedral, la
Goelette
Degans, Beryle (Translator), Principles and
Elements of Medieval Church Architecture in Western Europe, Fragile,
2001
Desing, Julius, The
Royal Castle of Neuschwanstein, Kienberger, Lechbruck-Germany 1998
Desing, Julius, King
Ludwig II, His life-His end, Kienberger, Lechbruck-Germany 1976
Draine, John, Introducing the New Testament, Harper
and Row, New York, 1986
Draine, John, Introducing the Old Testament,
Harper and Row, New York, 1987
Durston, David, Salisbury Cathedral, Pitkin
Unichrome, Ltd, Great Britain, 2001
Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain, Cathedrals and
Castles: Building in the Middle Ages, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York,
1995
Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain, The Abbey Church
of Saint-Denis, The Royal Tombs,
Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain, Saint-Denis
Cathedral, Editions Ouest-France, Rennes, 2003
Fidalgo, Ana Marin, The
Real Alcazar in Seville, Impressions, Spain
Fitchen, John, The Construction of Gothic
Cathedrals- A Study of Medieval Vault Erection, University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 1961
Forstel, Judith, Beauvais Cathedral, Inventaire
Général, 2005
Frassetto, Michael, The
Great Medieval Heretics, BlueBridge, New York, 2008
Fremantle, Anne, A Treasury of Early
Christianity, The New American Library, New York, 1960
Gailhabaud, Jules, Great
Medieval Churches and Cathedrals of Europe, Dover Publications, 2002
Gangi, Giusseppe, Rome then and now,Alpha
Italia, Rome, 2004
Gentili, Augusto, Veronese
in the Church of San Sebastiano, Chorus, Venice, 2005
Gibbon, Edward, The Rise and Fall of the
Roman Empire, University of
Chicago, Great Books, 1952
Goldsworthy, Adrian, How
Rome Fell, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009
Glover, T.R., The Ancient World, Penguin
Books, London, 1957
Garcia-Frias, Carmen, El
Escorial, Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 2008
Gutscher, Daniel, Grossmunster
Zurich, Society for the History of Swiss Art, Berne, 1996
Hahn, Renate, Speyer
die Kaiserstadt am Rhein, Kaiserdom-Pavillon,
1994
Haasen, Gisela, Hohenschwangau
Palace, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 1999
Hall, John Whitney, History
of the World, World Publications, Massachusetts, 2005
Harris, Cyril M. (Editor), Illustrated
Dictionary of Historic Architecture, Dover Press, New York, 1997
Hills, Ken, Bath Abbey, Jarrold
Publishing, Norwich, 2002
Historic
Churches of the Old Town Zurich
Howard, Deborah, The
Architectural History of Venice, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2005
Imhof, Michael and Kestin, Simone, Mainz, City and Cathedral
Guide, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersburg, 2004
Johnson, Paul, A
History of Christianity, Simon & Schuster, 1976
Jungen, Marianne, A
Small Guide to Aachen Cathedral, Ker Kleine Domfuhrer, Germany,2005
Kagan, Neil (editor), Concise
History of the World, National Geographic, Washington,
Kaiser, Jurgen, Cathedral
of St. Peter- Worms, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg, 2004
Keates, Jonathan and Hornak, Angelo, Canterbury
Cathedral, Scala Publishers Ltd., London, 2002
Kitto, H.D.F., The Greeks, Penguin
Books, London, 1959
King, Ross, Brunelleschi’s Dome, Walker
and Company, New York, 2000
Lebédel, Claude, Chronology of the History
of France, Éditions Quest-France, Rennes, 1999
Leclercq, Jean, The
Love of Learning and the Desire for God – A Study of Monastic Culture,
Fordham University Press, 1974
Lehni, Roger, Strasbourg
Cathedral, La Goelette, St. Quen,
2002
Le Maho, Jacques, Jumiéges Abbey, Monum,
Paris, 2004
Le Prious, Céline, The Amiens Cathedral, Éditions
Quest-France, Rennes, 1996
McNutt, Stacey, Churches and
Cathedrals-Masterpieces of Architecture, Todtri, New York, 1997
Marini, P. Luciano, The
Frari’s Basilica, Kina Italia, Italy
Martinez, Nicolas Lopez, Burgos
Cathedral, Edilesa, Leon, Spain, 2004
Matthews, Melvyn, Wells Cathedral, Jarrold
Publishing, Norwich, 2002
Maurer-Kuhn, Francois, The
Cathedral of Basle, Society for the History of Swiss Art, Berne 1984
Martinet, Suzanne, Laon Cathedral, I’Imprimerie
du Courrier, Laon, 1991
Miller, Malcolm, Chartres Cathedral, Riverside
Book Company, New York, 2004
Morgan, Morris (translator), Vitruvious – The Ten Books on Architecture, Dover Press, New York,
1960
Mullins, Edwin, Cluny
In Seach of God’s Lost Empire, Blue Bridge, New York,
2006
Mullins, Edwin, The
Popes of Avignon, BlueBridge, New York, 2008
Naessl, Hubert, Die
Meersburg, Turm-Verlag, Meersburg, 2002
Norman, Edward, The
House of God, Thames & Hudson, London,1990
Nussbaum, Norbert, German
Gothic Church Architecture, Yale University Press, 2000
Oggins, Robin S., Cathedrals, Friedman/Fairfax
Publishers, New York, 2000
Orling, Merry (translater), Strasbourg, Casa Editrice Bonechi, Firenze, 1980
Paolucci, Antonio, The
Museum of the Medici Chapels and the Church of San Lorenzo, Sillabe,
Florence, 1999
Petrosillo, Orazio, Vatican City, Edizioni
Musei Vaticani, 1997
Pucci, Eugenio, All Rome and the Vatican, Bonechi
Editore, Florence, 1968
Prentice, Sartell, The Heritage of the
Cathedral: A Study of the Influence of History and Thought Upon Cathedral
Architecture, William Morrow
and Co. , New York, 1936
Prentice, Sartell, The Voices of the
Cathedral: Tales in Stone and Legends in Glass, William Morrow and Co.,
New York, 1938
Rebélo, Marcia, Cathédrale Notre-Dame De
Noyon, Imprimerie Lescuyer, Lyon, 1992
Reed, Henry Hope, Palladio’s
Architecture and Its Influence”, Dover Publications, New York, 1980
Ronig, Franz, Trier
Cathedral, Paulinus Verlag, Trier, 1997
Rubin, Miri, Mother
of God, A History of the Virgin Mary, Yale University Press, 2009
Sandron, Dany, Soissons Cathedral,
Inventaire Général, Aisne, 1998
Sancho, Jose’ Luis, Toledo
Cathedral, A;desa. 1997
Schafke, Werner, Romanische
Kirchen in Koln, Stadt, Koln
Schnell, Hugo and Steiner, Johnnes, Abbey Church, Maria Laach,Verlag Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg,
2005
Schock-Werner, Barbara, Cologne
Cathedral, Ziethen Verlag, Germany
Schutz, Bernhard, Great Cathedrals, Harry
N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2002
Scott, Robert A., The Gothic Enterprise- A
Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral, The University of
California Press, Berkeley, 2003
Scotti, R.A.,Basilica
–The Splendor and The Scandal:Building of St. Peter’s, Viking, New
York, 2006
Scudieri, Magnolia, The
Frescoes by Angelico at San Marco, Giunti, Florence, 2004
Soler, Jose’, Barcelona-
Then and Now,Thunder Bay Press, San Diego,CA, 2006
Spencer, Bonnell, Ye
Are the Body: A People’s History of the Church, Holy Cross, N.Y. 1958
Stace, Bernard, Bath Abbey Monuments, Millstream
Books, Somerset, 1993
Stalley, Roger, Early Medieval Architecture, Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 1999
Sutton, Ian, Western
Architecture, Thames & Hudson, London, 2001
Tarquini, Aldo, Santa
Maria Novella, Largo Liverani, Firenze, 2000
Toman, Rolf (Editor), Architecture
of the Middle Ages, Feieraband, Verlag, Ohg, 2004
Toman, Rolf (Editor), Baroque
- Architecture, Sculpture and
Painting, Tandem Verlag GmbH,2007
Toman, Rolf (Editor), Churches,
Cathedrals, Monasteries- Sacred German Architecture, Feierabend, Berlin,
2005
Toman, Rolf (Editor), Gothic –
Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Konemann, Italy, 2004
Toman, Rolf (Editor), History
of Architecture, Parragon Books, Bath UK, 2008
Toman, Rolf (Editor), Romanesque -
Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Konemann, France, 1997
Toman, Rolf (Editor), Renaissance
– Architectue, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Tandem Verlag GmbH, 2007
Urbani, Maria Da Villa, The
Basilica of Saint Mark, Storti Edizioni, Venezia ,2005
Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, Editor, The Harper Atlas of World History, Harper and Row, 1987
Visser, Margaret, The Geometry of Love, North
Point Press, New York, 2000
Visual
History of the World, National Geographic, Washington, 2005
Von Simson, Otto, The Gothic Cathedral, Princeton
University Press, Princeton, 1989
Walker, Williston, A History of the Christian
Church, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1959
Wells, Peter, Barbarians
to Anglels – The Dark Ages Reconsidered, W. W. Norton & Company, New
York, 2008
Wilson, Christopher, The Gothic Cathedral, Thames
and Hudson, New York 2004
Wilson, Derek, Charlemagne
– A Biography, Vintage Books, 2007
Winston, Richard and Clara, Notre-Dame de
Paris, Newsweek, New York,
1971
Wirtz, R.C., Art
and Architecture of Florence, Barnes and Noble, New York,
2005
Woolf Greg (Editor), Ancient Civilization, Thunder
Bay Press, San Diego, 2005
Bartlett, Kenneth, The
Italian Renaissance, Great Courses -The Teaching Company
Daileader, Philip, The Early Middle Ages, Great
Courses -The Teaching Company
Daileader, Philip, The High Middle Ages, Great
Courses -The Teaching Company
Daileader, Philip, The Late Middle Ages, Great
Courses -The Teaching Company
Kloss, William, Great
Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Great Courses -The Teaching Company
Ruiz, Teofilo, The Other 1492: Ferdinand,
Isabella, and the Making of an Empire- The Teaching Company
Wheeler, Bonnie, Medieval
Heroines in History and Legend, Great Courses -The Teaching Company
A
few of my favorite from my library
Cornwell, Bernard, The Grail Quest Series,
The Saxon Novels 1300’s and earlier
Falcones, Ildefonso, Cathedral
of the Sea, 1st
century -Barcelonia
Follett, Ken - The Pillars of the Earth
--1100’s, World Without End—1300’s
Howatch,
Susan - Church of England Novels
1900’s (in order)
Lenoir,
Frederic –The Angel’s Promise (Monte St. Michel)
Penman,
Sharon Kay, 13th century novels about
kings – Richard III, John, Henry III, and Edward ; A
trilogy about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Reade, Charles, The Cloister and the Hearth A
Tale of the Middle Ages
Rutherfurd, Edward Sarum
( Salisbury
)
Schantzing, Frank, Death
and the Devil, (building of Cologne Cathedral)
Trollop, Anthony,
The Barset Novels 1800’s
I love all of these…….
Clare, Alys, The Hawkenlyne Mysteries (1100’s
England and France)
Clynes, Michael (Paul Doherty) Sir Roger Shallot
Mysteries (early 1500’s England)
Davis, Lindsay, Marcus Didius Falco, ( lst
century Rome)
Eco, Umberto, The
Name of the Rose, (1327- Italy)
Franklin, Ariana, The Mistress of the Art of
Death – (1170’s England)
Frazer,
Margaret, Dame Frevisse Tales (1430 England)
Gellis, Roberta, The
Roselynde Chronicles, (1200’s England)
Gordon, Alan, The
Fools Guild, (1200’s England)
Gregory, Susan, Matthew
Bartholomew Series, (1300’s England)
Guillou, Jan, The
Crusades Trilogy,(1100’s –Sweden)
Harding, Paul (Doherty, P.C). ,Sorrowful
Mysteries of Brothern Athelstan (1370’s- England
Haft, White and White, The
Key to “The Name of the Rose” ,The University of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1999
Jecks, Michael, The Knights Templar Mysteries
(1300’s England)
Marston, Edward, The
Doomsday Series, (1080’s England)
Moore, Viviane, Chevailier
Galeran Mysteries (1145- France)
Newman, Sharan, Catherine
Levendeur Mysteries (12th century France)
Pargeter, Edith, The
Brothers of Gwynedd (1228 – Wales)
Penman, Sharon Kay, The
Queen’s Man, Cruel as the Grave, Dragon’s Lair, Prince of Darkness (
12th century – England)
Peters, Ellis, Brother
Cadfael Mysteries (12th century- England)
Robb, Candance, The
Owen Archer Mysteries (1360’s – York, England)
Roe, Caroline, The
Issac of Girona Series, 1550’s –Spain)
Tremayne, Peter, The
Sister Fidelma Mysteries, (600’s - Ireland
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