page_title: Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
section_title: Further reading
hierarchical_section_title: Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England / Further reading
caption_attribution_description: English: East window in Carlisle Cathedral
context_page_description: The medieval cathedrals of England, which date from between approximately 1040 and 1540, are a group of twenty-six buildings that constitute a major aspect of the country’s artistic heritage and are among the most significant material symbols of Christianity. Though diverse in style, they are united by a common function. As cathedrals, each of these buildings serves as central church for an administrative region and houses the throne of a bishop. Each cathedral also serves as a regional centre and a focus of regional pride and affection.
  Only sixteen of these buildings had been cathedrals at the time of the Reformation: eight that were served by secular canons, and eight that were monastic. A further five cathedrals are former abbey churches which were reconstituted with secular canons as cathedrals of new dioceses by Henry VIII following the dissolution of the monasteries and which comprise, together with the former monastic cathedrals, the "Cathedrals of the New Foundation".
context_section_description: Draper, Peter (2006). The Formation of English Gothic; Architecture and Identity, 1150–1250. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12036-3.
  Fox, Adam (1967). A Pictorial History of Westminster Abbey. Pitkin.
  Gardner, Helen; Fred S. Kleiner; Christin J. Mamiya (2004). Gardner's Art through the Ages. Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN 0-15-505090-7.
  Harvey, John (1950). The Gothic World, 1100–1600. Batsford.
  Huyghe, Rene, ed. (1963). Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art. Paul Hamlyn.
  Icher, Francois (1998). Building the Great Cathedrals. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-4017-5.
  Milburn, R.L.P. (1972). A Pictorial History of Worcester Cathedral. Pitkin. ASIN B0028BVHXI.
  Morris, Richard (1979). Cathedrals and abbeys of England and Wales: the building church, 600-1540. Dent.
  Swaan, Wim (1988). The Gothic Cathedral. Omega Books. ISBN 978-0-907853-48-0.
  Swaan, Wim (1988). Art and Architecture of the Late Middle Ages. Omega Books. ISBN 9780907853350.
  Underhill, Francis (1977). Rochester Cathedral. British Publishing Company, Gloucester.
  Willis, Robert (1972). Architectural history of some English cathedrals: a collection in two parts of papers delivered during the years 1842-1863. Vol. 2. Minet Reprint. ISBN 0-85609-011-5.
caption: Carlisle Cathedral showing the east window tracery acclaimed as the finest in England
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