The Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Wulfred (805–32)
Richard Gem
The career of Archbishop Wulfred (805–32) is summarized and his series charters to Christ Church discussed in relation the light they throw on building activities, which apparently included a rebuilding cathedral church c. 813. This identified here with remains excavated below present nave 1993. analysis these presented 1997 excavation report reassessed an alternative reconstruction proposed. early-9th-century seen as important architectural liturgical model within Anglo-Saxon England, parallel contemporary Carolingian developments continent.