Early Protestant temple buildings in the Low Countries, typology and reception ; De eerste protestantse tempels in de Nederlanden. Een onderzoek naar vorm en perceptie

In the autumn of 1566, soon after the fierce iconoclasm troubles, the Protestant urban communities erected several temples in the Low Countries. After one year only, these temples were destroyed as a result of the order given by the regent Margaret of Parma. Archival sources and tangible material are very rare and have survived for only a few of these. Three temples in Antwerp had an elliptically shaped ground plan and had been constructed of wood on a stone basement. The temple at Gent, known from a description and a sketch by Van Vaernewijck, was octagonal in shape and made with wooden posts... Mehr ...