Westminster Abbey : a church in history / edited by David Cannadine.
Contributor(s): Cannadine, David [editor.]
.Publisher: London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2019Description: xxiii, 455 pages : illustrations (some colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781913107024.Subject(s): Westminster Abbey -- History | Abbeys -- England -- London -- History | Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History | Religious architecture -- England -- London | Church and state -- Great Britain -- History | Westminster (London, England) -- Church history | Westminster (London, England) -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 271 Summary: "A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England. Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Protestant icon of British national and imperial identity. Celebrating the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the current Abbey church building, this book features engaging essays by a group of distinguished scholars that focus on different, yet often overlapping, aspects of the Abbey’s history: its architecture and monuments; its Catholic monks and Protestant clergy; its place in religious and political revolutions; its relationship to the monarchy and royal court; its estates and educational endeavors; its congregations; and its tourists. Clearly written and wide-ranging in scope, this generously illustrated volume is a fascinating exploration of Westminster Abbey’s thousand-year history and its meaning, significance, and impact within society both in Britain and beyond." -- Taken from dust jacket.
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| 270.092 BUT Butler's lives of the saints : | 270.0941 BEE The bishops / | 270.2 WIL Silence and honey cakes : | 271 WES Westminster Abbey : | 271.1042132 WES The obedientiaries of Westminster Abbey and their financial records, c.1275 to 1540 / | 272 ASK The examinations of Anne Askew / | 274.06 MAC Reformation : |
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"A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England. Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Protestant icon of British national and imperial identity. Celebrating the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the current Abbey church building, this book features engaging essays by a group of distinguished scholars that focus on different, yet often overlapping, aspects of the Abbey’s history: its architecture and monuments; its Catholic monks and Protestant clergy; its place in religious and political revolutions; its relationship to the monarchy and royal court; its estates and educational endeavors; its congregations; and its tourists. Clearly written and wide-ranging in scope, this generously illustrated volume is a fascinating exploration of Westminster Abbey’s thousand-year history and its meaning, significance, and impact within society both in Britain and beyond." -- Taken from dust jacket.