One of the least known yet most important buildings in Salisbury is the
former Bishops' Palace. First built when the city was established in the
1220s, it was home to successive bishops for over 700 years until
becoming the Cathedral School in 1946. This book traces the evolution of
the palace, chronicles the most important bishops who lived there and
sets the story within the relevant contexts of English history. It also
describes the other (numerous) palaces of the bishops of Salisbury and
catalogues the portraits that have hung in the Salisbury Palace.