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Paris: The Powers that shaped the Medieval City considers the various forces - royal, monastic and secular - that shaped the art, architecture and topography of Paris between c. 1100 and c. 1500, a period in which Paris became one of the foremost metropolises in the West.

Examines the development of the northern precinct of the Abbey, around St Margaret's Church, and the remarkable buildings of Westminster school, created within the remains of the monastery in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Part I begins with studies of the topography of the area, an account of its Roman-period finds and an historiographical overview of the archaeology of the Abbey.

This collection of papers, first delivered at the BAA's annual conference in 2002, celebrates medieval Rochester, including both cathedral and castle, an outstanding pair of surviving monuments to the power of contemporary church and state.

Contents: Religion and Art in St Alban's City; The late antique Passion of St Alban; Britain's Other Martyrs: Julius, Aaron and Alban at Caerleon; The Origins of St Albans Abbey: Romano-British Cemetery and Anglo-Saxon Monastery; Offa, Aelfric and the Refoundation of St Albans: The Alban Cross; Early Recycling: The Anglo-Saxon and Norman Re-use ...

This title is an examination of the medieval archaeology, art and architecture of Chester, including and examination of St Werburgh's Abbey, St John's church and the wall paintings in Chester Castle's Agricola Tower.

This volume taken from the British Archaeological Association's 1997 conference is centred on the theme of Glasgow Cathedral. There are chapters covering St Kentigern, major excavations of 1992-3, aspects of patronage and Romanesque sculpture and manuscripts.

Twenty papers examine the church, town, abbey and medieval manuscripts of Bury St Edmunds. From a British Archaeological Association conference in Bury in 1994. The authors include Oliver Rackham, Richard Gem, Pamela Z. Blum, T. A. Heslop, John Crook, Eric Fernie and Antonia Gransden.

Twelve papers from the 1996 conference of the British Archaeological Association at Bristol University.

Transactions from the BAA conference in 1993 which was held in Utrecht to celebrate the societies 150th anniversary. These papers present the latest research on the cities monuments from the arrival of Willibrord and Boniface and the establishment of the Bishopric.

Includes essays on the pre-Conquest monasteries of Whitby and Ripon; the architecture of Selby, Kirkstall and Rievaulx Abbies and Holy Trinity Yok; and the production and collection of manuscripts in 12th- and 13th-century Augustinian houses.

Exploring the medieval heritage of Aberdeenshire and Moray, this book includes essays that contain insights and recent work presented at the British Archaeological Association Conference of 2014, based at Aberdeen University.

Despite widespread interest in the trade union movement and its history, it has never been easy to trace the development of individual unions, especially those defunct, or where name changes or mergers have confused the trail. This title provides a list of British unions that operated within the building, construction, and chemical industries.

The eleven essays presented here lead the reader through the earliest manifestations of the chantry, the origins and development of 'stone-cage' chapels, royal patronage of commemorative art and architecture, the chantry in the late medieval parish.

The long and vibrant history of north-eastern England has left rich material deposits in the form of buildings, works of art, books and other artefacts.

"From the time of the foundation of its cathedral in 597, Canterbury has been the epicentre of Britain's ecclesiastical history, and an exceptionally important centre for architectural and visual innovation.

The Association's 2004 conference focused mainly on the architecture and archaeology of the medieval diocese of Llandaff, comprising much of the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Contributors consider Roman and early medieval south-east Wales, including surviving Christian monuments and the early history of Cardiff.

In 2000 the annual conference of The British Archaeological Association met at Angers in France. This publication contains sixteen papers from the conference, in English and French, covering a number of different aspects of the history, art and architecture of Anjou and its surrounding area in the medieval period.

The papers in this collection explore the medieval art, architecture, and archaeology of the city of Mainz and of the middle Rhine valley. They were delivered in 2003, at the first annual conference the Association held in Germany. The contributors embrace a wide range of subjects.

The papers in this volume, which were presented in 2011, at the first conference the British Archaeological Association held in Poland, explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city of Cracow and the surrounding region of Lesser Poland, as well as venturing into southern Silesia and the Baltic coast of the country.

This book explores the remarkable flourishing of art and architecture in Bohemia, and Prague as it became the political centre of Charles IV's Holy Roman Empire. It focuses on cultural exchange and the links that can be traced through the artwork across Europe.

The British Archaeological Association's 2007 conference celebrated the material culture of medieval Coventry, the fourth wealthiest English city of the later middle ages.

The fourteen papers collected in this volume explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They arise out of the Association's 2005 conference, and reflect its concern to engage with a broad range of monuments and themes, rather than focusing on a single major building.

The British Archaeological Association's 2013 conference was devoted to the study of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. This book deals with the Palace of Westminster and its wider topography between the late 11th century and the devastating fire of 1834 that largely destroyed the medieval palace.