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Shakespeare's church : a parish for the world / written and edited by Val Horsler ; with Martin Gorick and Paul Edmondson ; introduction by Jonathan Bate.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3011 .H67 2010
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LIBRA PR3011 .H67 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horsler, Val.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Religion.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Church of the Holy Trinity (Stratford-upon-Avon, England).
- Religion.
- Church of the Holy Trinity (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)--History.
- Church buildings--England--Stratford-upon-Avon--History.
- Church buildings.
- History.
- Stratford-upon-Avon (England)--Church history.
- Stratford-upon-Avon (England).
- Stratford-upon-Avon (England)--Religious life and customs.
- England--Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Physical Description:
- 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Third Millennium Pub., 2010.
- Summary:
- "An 800th anniversary portrait of Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon-where Shakespeare was baptised, and where he is buried - which welcomes over 200,000 visitors a year from all round the world. ̀...a richly illustrated, beautifully designed volume to treasure.' Dame Judi Dench Patron, Friends of Shakespeare's Church" "For eight centuries Holy Trinity church in Stratford-upon-Avon has been intimately involved with the life of its community. Today it is world famous as the church in which William Shakespeare was baptised and where he is buried, but it already had a long and vibrant history when he knew it as a child and a young man before he left his home town to find fame and fortune in London." "Shakespeare's Church is not only the first detailed portrait of Holy Trinity for over a century, but it also offers fascinating insights into the world of medieval Warwickshire and the religious upheavals of the Tudor era, as well as the Stratford town life amid which the young Shakespeare grew up. The book highlights every aspect of the church itself as a beautiful building in its own right, and teases out the wider themes that its association with Shakespeare inevitably lends it." "Within a few years of Shakespeare's death in 1616, Holy Trinity had already become a place of literary pilgrimage, and successive vicars had to balance the needs of a parish church with the impact of ever-increasing crowds of visitors. Yet, in the twenty-first century, Holy Trinity remains a living, working parish church, the focus of daily life in Stratford, as well as welcoming over 200,000 visitors every year - making it surely the most visited parish church in the world." "Stunningly illustrated in colour throughout, and packed with historical information, Shakespeare's Church is a volume for every Shakespeare lover to treasure."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781906507336
- 1906507333
- OCLC:
- 505422333
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