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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey (officially "The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminste")
is a large church, constructed in the Gothic style, in Westminster, London.
It is the traditional coronation and burial site for British monarchs, and is also
the burial site of many other prominent people from British history, including
Alfred Tennyson,
Charles Darwin,
Charles Dickens,
Ernest Bevin,
Geoffrey Chaucer,
Henry Purcell,
Sir Isaac Newton,
Lord Laurence Olivier,
Rudyard Kipling,
Thomas Hardy,
William Gladstone,
William Pitt the Younger, and
William Wilberforce.
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By Richard Jenkyns
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Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II) Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. National cathedral, coronation church, royal mausoleum, burial place of poets, resting place of the great and of the Unknown Warrior, former home of parliament, backdrop to the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales--this rich and extraordinary building unites many functions. Westminster Abbey is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building's shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers. In a highly original book, classicist and cultural historian Richard Jenkyns teaches us to look at this microcosm of history with new eyes. (20041215) |
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By Tony Trowles
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The Treasures of Westminster Abbey celebrates an iconic building and its rich artistic heritage. The Abbey, one of Britain's greatest medieval buildings and among the best-known churches in the world, has a history stretching back over a thousand years. Founded as a Benedictine monastery in the mid-tenth century and with the shrine of its principal royal founder, St Edward the Confessor, at its heart, it is also the coronation church where monarchs have been crowned amid great splendour since 1066. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, was planned with that in mind and is a treasure house of architectural and artistic achievement on which each succeeding century has left its mark. Seventeen out of the thirty-nine sovereigns crowned in Westminster Abbey also lie buried within its walls. Their medieval and Renaissance tombs, though among the most important in Europe, form only a small part of the extraordinary collection of gravestones, memorials and monumental sculpture for which the Abbey has long been famous and which is comprehensively surveyed in this lavishly illustrated book. Many of the most significant individuals in British history are remembered here: royalty and aristocracy, clergy and politicians, writers, scientists and musicians. Ranging from the thirteenth-century shrine of St Edward and the Renaissance splendour of Henry VII's Lady Chapel, to the literary memorials of Poets' Corner and the statues of Twentieth Century Martyrs on the Abbey's west front, The Treasures of Westminster Abbey describes the stained glass, furniture, sculpture, textiles, wall paintings and many other historic artifacts found within this remarkable church. |
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1846 edition by James Truscott, London. |
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By Mrs. A. Murray Smith
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Emily Tennyson nee Bradley, later Mrs. A. Murray Smith (1862-1946) was a British author and the daughter of George Granville Bradley (1821-1903), an English divine, scholar and Dean of Westminster. Her married name was Mrs. Alexander Murray. Her works include: Life of the Lady Arabella Stuart (2 Volumes) (1889), The Annals of Westminster Abbey (1898), Westminster (1902) (with Walter Besant and Geraldine E. Mitton), The Roll Call of Westminster Abbey (1902) and Westminster Abbey (1904). |
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By John Field
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This lavishly illustrated historical guide to Westminster Abbey is a highly readable account of this great institution, which is central to the long history of Britain. |
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By Adam Fox
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Text is written by a former sub-dean of Westminster. Includes over two dozen photographs. |
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By Wesley Carr
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Brother William is a monk-gardener at Westminster Abbey in the 14th century. Based on the monk-gardener who would have lived and worked in the garden at that time, he's responsible for providing the other monks with food all year. He does almost all the work himself, except at busy times such as harvest-time, and he only has one day off all year — his "O" Day, when he's excused from some of the services. The Rule of St. Benedict, which all the brothers followed at that time, stated that everyone should work, whether rich or poor. Packed with bright illustrations and information about life in the 14th century, Brother William's Year shows why practical work like Brother William's — gardening, keeping animals, building a barn, or illustrating a manuscript — was thought to be as important as praying, writing sermons, or singing psalms. |
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