Christian Architecture: Cloisters

Covering fifty-five cloisters in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and England, the one hundred eighty-five magnificent photographs in this marvelous book celebrate six hundred years of art and architecture between the ninth and fifteenth centuries, from the stark pre-Romanesque period to the flamboyant late Gothic. In addition, the text of "Cloisters of Europe" provides an expert introduction to the history of medieval religious orders and a wonderful insight into the spiritual life of the monasteries.