English Cathedrals - A History

Informationen zum Autor Stanford Lehmberg is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Minnesota and author of Cathedrals under Siege, 1600-1700. Klappentext English cathedrals, including Canterbury, Durham, Winchester and York, are the greatest collective work of art and architecture in Britain, reflecting over a thousand years of history. This book presents an account of their foundation, construction and decoration - their architectural history - and also of who used them and what happened in them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Early Centuries, 597-1066 2 Norman, 1066-1170 3 Early English, 1170-1280 4 Decorated, 1280-1350 5 Perpendicular, 1350-1530 6 Stained Glass 7 Medieval Tombs and Monuments 8 Life in a Medieval Cathdral 9 The Reformation 10 Protestant Ascendency and Catholic Reaction 11 The Elizbethan Settlement 12 The Early Seventeenth Century 13 Civil War and Interregnum 14 The Restoration 15 Houses of Praise and Prayer 16 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 17 The Twentieth Century Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Stanford Lehmberg, Stanford E. Lehmberg
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2006
• EAN: 9781852855055
• ISBN: 978-1-85285-505-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; England, Geschichte der Architektur, Reiseführer, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Religious buildings, Architecture: religious buildings