James's influence is easier to see in castles than in the surviving record of his life. He came from the Savoy area spanning modern Switzerland, northern Italy, and southern France, where his professional and family circle worked on cathedrals and castles. Lausanne's cathedral and the wider building network reveal the architectural world in which he learned his craft. The works and workshops around him supply useful context while many details of his early life remain uncertain.
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Master James's Savoyard building world
The opening places Master James of St George in a Savoyard architectural world that shaped major western European castles before his Welsh work.