In this seminal work, Patterson compares wooden churches in Romania with those of the Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine, historical Subcarpathian Rus’ and Slovakia.

Contents:
Part I: Background and Related Information
I. Scope and Purpose of the Study
II. Preservation of Wooden Church: An Overview
III. Issues and Problems of Research
IV. Geography and History
V. Orthodoxy, Uniatism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
VI. The Ethnographic Setting: Romanians and Their Neighbors in and Around Maramures and the Churches They Built
VII. Environment and Technology: The "Culture of Wood"
VIII. Techniques of Construction

Part II: The Churches
IX. Methodology and Organization
X. Early Churches and Monasteries (Early Medieval Period: c. 1000-1500)
IX The Developing Church (Mid-Medieval Period: c. 1500-1717)
XII. The Age of Restraint and Elegance (Late Medieval Period: 1717-c.1800)
XIII. Decoration: An Overview; Conclusions; Notes; References; Illustration Acknowledgements; Map Sources; Map Alphabetical Index; Map Numerical Index; Map: Subcarpathian Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania.

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