The Laity, the Clergy and the Divine Presence: The Use of Space in Smaller Churches of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
P. S. Barnwell
Abstract The techniques of spatial analysis are deployed to gain insights into the ways in which smaller churches 11th and 12th centuries were designed be used. A range plan types is discussed, including with one, two three cells, linear cross-shaped plans, ‘round’ churches. resulting forms buildings then placed historical context ecclesiastical reform, it argued that some changes church layout separate clergy from laity, mirroring their increasing legal social differentiation. It also used space similar all examined, they show continuity early Christian late 13th centuries, when rising belief transubstantiation Host led evolution new
Journal of the British Archaeological Association