Alignment and axiality in Anglo-Saxon architecture: 6th-11th Centuries

Moskvina, Anastasia (2020) Alignment and axiality in Anglo-Saxon architecture: 6th-11th Centuries. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.

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Abstract

Axial alignment is an intriguing aspect of Anglo-Saxon architecture, which has occupied scholars for some time but has not been researched thoroughly and systematically. This thesis offers an assessment of Anglo-Saxon sites – secular and ecclesiastical – featuring alignment, analyses their recurring features and addresses functional and cultic aspects of these sites. One of the resulting conclusions is that alignment is a fairly uniform phenomenon across both secular and ecclesiastical sites, and in fact secular and ecclesiastical contexts should not be treated as separate. It has also been possible to demonstrate that alignment is an Insular phenomenon and not a result of Continental influence, which challenges the existing research on this subject. Instead, it has been proposed that Anglo-Saxon alignment has its origins in the British Isles and was inspired by a multitude of existing prehistoric linear compositions in the landscape.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies
Depositing User:	Chris White
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2021 14:46
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2021 14:46
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/79839
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