Architecture as Cosmology examines the precedents interpretations and influences of the
architecture of one of the great buildings in the history of architecture Lincoln Cathedral.
It analyzes the origin and development of its architectural forms which were to a great extent
unprecedented and were very influential in the development of English Gothic architecture and
in conceptions of architecture to the present day. Architecture as Cosmology emphasizes the
relation of the architectural forms to medieval philosophy focusing on the writings of Robert
Grosseteste Bishop of Lincoln (1235-53). The architecture is seen as a text of the philosophy
cosmology and theology of medieval English culture. This book should be useful to anyone
interested in architecture architectural history architectural theory Gothic architecture
and medieval philosophy.
