Covering 55 cloisters in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and England, the 185 magnificent photographs in this marvelous book celebrates 600 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.
