Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Maps, Plans, and Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. 1. Why Cathedrals? 1
6. 2. Romans and Anglo-Saxons 7
7. 3. Normans and Angevins 33
8. 4. The Later Middle Ages 61
9. 5. The Reformation 97
10. 6. Survival and Abolition 121
11. 7. From Restoration to Romanticism 149
12. 8. The Nineteenth Century 185
13. 9. The Twentieth Century 221
14. 10. Forwards and Backwards 259
15. Guide to Technical Terms 264
16. Notes 270
17. Select Bibliography 290
18. Picture Credits 298
19. Index 300