BIBLIOGRAPHY

This Bibliography was last updated in 2012.  Recent additions will be added soon.

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

Palladio, Andrea, The Four Books of Architecture, Dover Press, New York, 1965

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

TEACHING COMPANIES - GREAT COURSES -DVDS

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

HISTORIC NOVELS

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,  1^st 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

MEDIEVAL MYSTERIES

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 (12^th 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 ( 12^th century – England)

Peters, Ellis, Brother Cadfael Mysteries (12^th 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