Westminster Abbey / Richard Jenkyns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkyns, Richard.

Series:

Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)

Wonders of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Westminster Abbey--History.

Westminster Abbey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. This 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.

Contents:

Contents ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: The Medieval Church ; Chapter 2: Henry VII's Chapel ; Chapter 3: Renaissance and Reformation ; Chapter 4: Death's Palace ; Chapter 5: From Baroque to Victorian ; Chapter 6: The Abbey Imagined ; Chapter 7: The Church in the City ; Chapter 8: The Nation's Shrine ; Chapter 9: The Site of Ceremony ; Chapter 10: The Abbey Now ; Further Reading ; List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Index

Notes:

Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2004.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-674-06361-9

OCLC:

859837956