TY - BOOK AU - Vroom,W.H. AU - Manton,Elizabeth TI - Financing cathedral building in the Middle Ages: the generosity of the faithful SN - 9789089640352 AV - NA 350 V7613.2010 PY - 2010///], CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Catholic Church KW - Europe KW - Finance KW - History KW - 16th century KW - Iglesia Católica KW - Europa KW - Finanzas KW - Historia KW - Siglo XVI KW - To 1500 KW - Hasta 1500 KW - Dom church (Utrecht, Netherlands) KW - Catedral de San Martín (Utrecht, Países Bajos) KW - Architecture, Medieval KW - Economic aspects KW - Arquitectura medieval KW - Aspectos económicos KW - Cathedrals KW - Design and construction KW - Catedrales KW - Diseño y construcción KW - Management KW - Administración N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 485-721) e índice N2 - In this publication the author Wim Vroom describes how in the Middle Ages the building costs of European cathedrals was financed. This policy of financing was as large and monumental as the cathedrals themselves. The money came from the diocese, the chapter, sometimes the sovereign and from the city. The main costs however were financed by the diocese to which the cathedral to be built belonged. Besides the financing the author treats the building and the changing circumstances in planning and praxis. Special attention is being paid to the financing of the Utrecht cathedral and in short the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Rome ER -