Monastic tower-naves and tower-nave origins
Michael G. Shapland
This chapter traces the origins of tower-nave form in Anglo-Saxon monasteries, where they occur from at least early eighth century onwards. It seeks architectural meanings underlying tower form, which were drawn Carolingian and Late Antique practice related to high-status secular power burial. Thus, many monastic tower-naves England constructed as private, often royal, chapels burying-places, a result expression these by their builders. The evidence for increases significantly during mid–late tenth century, period coincided with Monastic Reform, whose leaders personally responsible this apparent spate construction. These built seeming fulfilment key tenets Reform movement: patronage king life, regularization burial practices, increased emphasis on integrity space.
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