Westminster Abbey / Richard Jenkyns.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Jenkyns, Richard.

Contributor:

• Charlton Yarnall Fund.
• Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Westminster Abbey--History.
• Westminster Abbey.
• History.

Physical Description:

215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Summary:

• 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.

Contents:

• The medieval church
• Henry VII's chapel
• Renaissance and reformation
• Death's Palace
• From Baroque to Victorian
• The abbey imagined
• The Church in the city
• The nation's shrine
• The site of ceremony
• The abbey now.

Notes:

• Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2004.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

0674017161

OCLC:

56526513

Online:

The Charlton Yarnall Fund Home Page