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Within the stunning eighteenth century landscaped park of Studley Royal in Yorkshire, lies the ruins of Fountains Abbey, one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture in Europe. This book, previously published in the Batsford/English Heritage series, traces the '400-year rags-to-riches story' of the abbey's growth and development.
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Within the stunning eighteenth century landscaped park of Studley Royal in Yorkshire, lies the ruins of Fountains Abbey, one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture in Europe. This book, previously published in the Batsford/English Heritage series, traces the '400-year rags-to-riches story' of the abbey's growth and development. Based on contemporary documentary evidence and excavations and conservation work over the past thirty years, Glyn Coppack outlines the history of the foundation of the first frontier mission centre in 1132 and the subsequent growth and elaboration of the site alongside similar developments in the Cistercian Order. A well written and well illustrated study.
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