English Cathedrals

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Little, Brown UK
ISBN 13 : 9781408706459
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England's Cathedrals written by Simon Jenkins and published by Little, Brown UK. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Inspired . . . encourages us to take a fresh look at the familiar' - The Times England's cathedrals are the nation's glory. They tower over its landscape, outranking palaces, castles and mansions. They attract roughly half the nation's population each year. For a millennium they have been objects of pilgrimage for those seeking faith, consolation and beauty. Still at the start of the twenty-first century, they remain unequalled in their size and splendour. More than any other English institution, cathedrals reflect the vicissitudes of history and should be treasured as such. They are custodians of culture and of the rituals of civic life. They offer welfare and relieve suffering. They uplift spirits with their beauty. In a real sense they are still what they were when first built a millennium ago, a glimpse of the sublime. Gloriously illustrated throughout, England's Cathedrals not only offers us a companion to England's Thousand Best Churches, it takes us on an enthralling tour of the nation and its history, through some of our most astonishing buildings.

Author : Martin Barnes
Publisher : Merrell
ISBN 13 : 9781858946429
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Cathedral written by Martin Barnes and published by Merrell. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most magnificent buildings of England are its Anglican cathedrals, great symbols of spiritual and architectural power. There are few experiences more uplifting and humbling than standing in the nave of a cathedral, and no one can fail to marvel at Durham's incomparable Romanesque masterpiece, the elegant stylistic unity of Salisbury, the world-famous stained glass of Canterbury or the striking Gothic scissor arch at Wells. Britain is the top foreign tourist destination for Americans, with 3 million visiting each year, and historic buildings are the top visitor sites. Canterbury Cathedral alone receives over 40,000 visitors each year from the United States and, together with Durham, is a World Heritage Site. In this truly breathtaking book, award-winning Magnum photographer, Peter Marlow, has captured the nave of each of England's 42 Anglican cathedrals. Taken in natural light at dawn, usually looking towards the east window, these remarkable images bring into sharp relief the full splendour of the buildings. Marlow first took up photography as a student, after visiting an exhibition of the photographs of Walker Evans at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The impetus to begin photographing cathedrals came from a commission in 2007 from the Royal Mail for photographs of the interiors or six cathedrals, for use on a set of commemorative stamps. Once the commission was complete, Marlow was inspired to continue the project in his own time. Approaching the Dean and Chapter of each cathedral, he gained permission to enter each building in the early hours of the morning and to turn off all artificial lights. Marlow adopted a kind of ritual, waking as early as 3.00 am to drive to the location and begin working from 6.00 am. In this window of opportunity, he watched the cathedral interior emerge from the darkness and come to life. Marlow's spellbinding photographs are accompanied by his commentary on the project, including sketches, preparatory shots and technical notes; an introduction by curator Martin Barnes on the tradition of church photography, especially the work of Frederick Evans and Edwin Smith; and a concise summary of each cathedral interior by architectural historian John Goodall.

Author : Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Cathedrals written by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Norman Doe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317333527
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legal Architecture of English Cathedrals written by Norman Doe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original book is a comprehensive, richly documented and critical examination of laws applicable to Anglican cathedrals in England, some of the most iconic monuments in the national heritage and centres of spiritual and cultural capital. Law is the missing link in the emerging field of cathedral studies. The book fills this gap. It explores historical antecedents of modern cathedral law, traces aspects of them that still endure, and explains the law with particular reference to the recommendations of the Archbishops’ Commission on Cathedrals 1994 which led to the most radical changes in the legal history of these churches since the Reformation, culminating in the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and associated later legislation. The book compares the domestic constitutions and statutes of all the cathedrals of the Church of England today – old foundations, new foundations and parish church cathedrals - as well as policies and guidelines applicable to or adopted by them. Whilst national law acts as a fundamental unifying force, there is considerable diversity as between these in terms of the breadth and depth of their coverage of topics. In the socio-legal tradition, the book also explores through interviews with clergy and others, at half of the cathedrals, how laws are experienced in practice. These reveal that whilst much of the law is perceived as working well, there are equally key areas of concern. To this end, the book proposes areas for further research and debate with a view to possible reform. Taking an architectural feature of cathedrals as the starting point for each chapter, from cathedral governance through mission, ministry, music and education to cathedral property, what emerges is that law and architecture have a symbiotic relationship so that a cathedral is itself a form of juristecture.

Author : Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of English Cathedrals written by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Esther Singleton
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Visit the English Cathedrals written by Esther Singleton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little book is offered to the tourist in the most modest spirit and with the hope that in this convenient form some gleanings from the works of specialists may afford help and pleasure to those who run quickly through the Cathedral towns of England. The subject has been done so often and so well that an additional book would demand an apology if it pretended to compete with the labors of those who have spent long years in the study of special cathedrals, or with the charming recollections of travel that others have given the world from time to time.

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Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271044200
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cathedrals Under Siege: Cathedrals in English Society, 1600Ð1700 written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great efforts were required to restore the cathedrals following the return of the monarchy and established church in 1660. In Cathedrals Under Siege, Stanford E. Lehmberg brings together political, social, intellectual, and artistic history into a comprehensive, rounded account of an important institution in English history.

Author : Alec Clifton-Taylor
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cathedrals of England written by Alec Clifton-Taylor and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1967 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two hundred photographs and text trace the development of cathedral design from its Norman beginnings through the flowering of Gothic to the new Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool.

Author : Jon Cannon
Publisher : Constable & Robinson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cathedral written by Jon Cannon and published by Constable & Robinson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English medieval cathedrals are one of the wonders of the world. But who made them, and why? This fascinating new history of England's cathedrals explores a previously unconsidered view of these extraordinary creations: as constantly-changing structures created by a rich brew of ancient rituals, beliefs, personalities and politics - a living window on to the past. Incorporating the latest historical research, Jon Cannon presents a picture of the English cathedrals as above all products of their time, not just great architectural monuments. These were buildings brought alive by the messages encoded in their sculpture - and the miraculous events that were believed to occur within them. Full of personalities, ideas, stories and novel interpretations, here are the cathedrals of England as you may never have considered them before.

Author : Andrew Sanders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780719816598
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Cathedrals written by Andrew Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England is blessed with many beautiful cathedrals, including the world-renowned Durham, with its geometrically carved pillars; Wells, with its astonishingly graceful scissor arch; and the gloriously uplifting Ely and its octagonal tower. This book is a highly readable account of the history of England's cathedrals, from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. It discusses their significance, from a time when faith was an integral part of everyday life, to the present, more secular society. It also discusses the developments in cathedral architecture over the centuries and the English cathedral city.