History of Tewkesbury Abbey: celebrating 900 years

This special history of Tewkesbury Abbey, marking the 900th anniversary of the Abbey's dedication and consecration in October 1121, traces the story of the building and its community through fire, flood, a raiding party, papal intervention, the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, two world wars and a...

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1. Verfasser: Whitney, C.E (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Boskett, Jack (FotografIn), Ball, David (IllustratorIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Eardisley Logaston Press 2022
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Zusammenfassung:This special history of Tewkesbury Abbey, marking the 900th anniversary of the Abbey's dedication and consecration in October 1121, traces the story of the building and its community through fire, flood, a raiding party, papal intervention, the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, two world wars and a pandemic in the twenty-first century.After the Dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbey was bought by its parishioners and became a parish church. It was reordered and restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott and others in the nineteenth century, and is renowned to this day for its exceptional medieval architecture and stained glass, and for its music and liturgy.Richly illustrated in colour with specially commissioned photographs, prints and four reconstructions of how the Abbey may have looked in centuries past
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166) and index
Beschreibung:xi, 180 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm
ISBN:9781910839539
1910839531

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