The Little History of Norfolk by John A. Davies

Author:John A. Davies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The History Press

RELIGION

The church continued to be the focus of medieval daily life. Norfolk’s prosperity, derived from the wool trade, is reflected not only in the number of new churches but also in their size and sophistication. Their construction was financed by donations from farmers and merchants who had benefitted from the wool trade and who hoped to secure a place in Heaven through their visible philanthropy. Norfolk’s ‘wool churches’ were massive structures, with tall towers. Prominent examples include those at Cawston, Salle, Ludham and Worstead.

This was the greatest period of church building, which marked East Anglia as distinctive, with the densest concentration of medieval churches anywhere in the Christian world. In terms of their architecture, there was a change to the Late Gothic, or Perpendicular, style in the later fourteenth century. Norfolk’s churches of this period are characterised by their light, spacious interiors, as well as by the use of stone, which was imported through the port of Great Yarmouth. The Perpendicular style also combined the prominent use of wood for hammer beam roofs, rood screens, pulpits and benches. The construction of these churches embraced the wedding of faith, wealth and prosperity, together with artistic achievement.

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