This dedicated volume of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association draws together ten papers which, collectively, explore something of the art and architecture, styles and uses of the medieval cloister in England and Wales.

The Continental Context; The Cloister and Bishop's Palace at Old Sarum with Some Thoughts on the Origins and Meaning of Secular Cathedral Cloisters; Cloisters in English Palaces in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; The Two Mid-Twelfth-Century Cloister Arcades at Canterbury Cathedral Priory; Benedictine and Augustinian Cloister Arcades of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries in England, Wales and Scotland; Cistercian Cloisters in England and Wales Part I: Essay; Part II: Gazetteer; Architecture and Meaning in Cistercian Eastern Ranges; Lincoln Cathedral Cloister; Experimental Architecture? Vaulting and West Country Cloisters in the Late Middle Ages; Religious Politics and the Cloister Bosses of Norwich Cathedral; Reviews of Books; Annual Report of the Council for the Year Ended 31 December 2005; Reginald Taylor and Lord Fletcher Essay Prize