Author: Eudora Welty
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578062355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In her 91st year, this book includes 90 of Welty's photos along with a conversation in which she shares her impressions and memories of the 1930s and 1940s when she rambled through Mississippi cemeteries taking pictures.
Country Churchyards
Author: Eudora Welty
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578062355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In her 91st year, this book includes 90 of Welty's photos along with a conversation in which she shares her impressions and memories of the 1930s and 1940s when she rambled through Mississippi cemeteries taking pictures.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578062355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In her 91st year, this book includes 90 of Welty's photos along with a conversation in which she shares her impressions and memories of the 1930s and 1940s when she rambled through Mississippi cemeteries taking pictures.
Epitaphs for Country Churchyards
Author: Augustus John Cuthbert Hare
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Epitaphs for Country Churchyards is an interesting collection of epitaphs of a variety of different people in English society. This engaging and interesting book contains gravestone epitaphs for parish clerks, soldiers, sailors, and other civilians. Contents: "Epitaphs on Sportsmen, Epitaphs on Tradesmen, Bacchanalian Epitaphs, Epitaphs on Soldiers and Sailors..."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Epitaphs for Country Churchyards is an interesting collection of epitaphs of a variety of different people in English society. This engaging and interesting book contains gravestone epitaphs for parish clerks, soldiers, sailors, and other civilians. Contents: "Epitaphs on Sportsmen, Epitaphs on Tradesmen, Bacchanalian Epitaphs, Epitaphs on Soldiers and Sailors..."
Epitaphs for country churchyards, collected and arranged by A. J. C. Hare
Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Author: Thomas Gray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Church-goer. Rural rides; or, Calls at country churches
The Church-goer: Rural Rides; Or Calls at Country Churches. To which are Added, Notices of the Reverends Drs. Pusey, Joseph Wolff, Henry Philpotts, Bishop of Exeter, and Francis Close, Vicar of Cheltenham. First [- Second]series
A Little History Of The English Country Church
Author: Roy Strong
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448138795
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates the life of the English parish church From the arrival of the missionaries from Ireland and Rome, to the beautiful architecture and rich spirituality of medieval Catholicism; from the cataclysm of the Reformation, to the gentrified cleric we meet in Jane Austen novels, Roy Strong takes us on a journey - historical, social and spiritual - to explore what men and women experienced through the age when they went to church on Sunday. ‘Anyone with the slightest interest in the English parish church, of its life today, or its history will be intrigued, informed and enchanted by this lucid, and occasionally provocative, account’ Country Life
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448138795
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates the life of the English parish church From the arrival of the missionaries from Ireland and Rome, to the beautiful architecture and rich spirituality of medieval Catholicism; from the cataclysm of the Reformation, to the gentrified cleric we meet in Jane Austen novels, Roy Strong takes us on a journey - historical, social and spiritual - to explore what men and women experienced through the age when they went to church on Sunday. ‘Anyone with the slightest interest in the English parish church, of its life today, or its history will be intrigued, informed and enchanted by this lucid, and occasionally provocative, account’ Country Life
English Country Churches
Author: Derry Brabbs
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781841881775
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
No sight is more evocative than a small village where an embattled tower stands proudly or a great sweep of landscape from which an elegant spire soars above trees and meadows. Celebrate the English church in all its diversity--the different architecture, regional styles, structural materials, personalities, and settings. Each example combines familiarity with the pleasure of discovery.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781841881775
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
No sight is more evocative than a small village where an embattled tower stands proudly or a great sweep of landscape from which an elegant spire soars above trees and meadows. Celebrate the English church in all its diversity--the different architecture, regional styles, structural materials, personalities, and settings. Each example combines familiarity with the pleasure of discovery.
American Country Churches
Author: William Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"The country church tells us who we are. In doing so, it provides a sense of security, especially in times of crisis," says Pulitzer-Prize nominee Morgan in his Introduction to this sweeping, gorgeously photographed look at rural America's most enchanting houses of worship.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"The country church tells us who we are. In doing so, it provides a sense of security, especially in times of crisis," says Pulitzer-Prize nominee Morgan in his Introduction to this sweeping, gorgeously photographed look at rural America's most enchanting houses of worship.
Country Churches
Author: Raymond Paul Zirblis
Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Country churches are humble yet much-loved structures that for centuries have played a central role in the daily lives of people rural communities the world over. Country Churches is a photographic and historical tour of country churches throughout the Christian world. From Britain's simple stone churches to the austere wood-framed houses of worship of New England, to the ornate stylings of Eastern Europe's Byzantine churches, the nature and history of country churches is beautifully revealed on each page of this stunning volume.
Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Country churches are humble yet much-loved structures that for centuries have played a central role in the daily lives of people rural communities the world over. Country Churches is a photographic and historical tour of country churches throughout the Christian world. From Britain's simple stone churches to the austere wood-framed houses of worship of New England, to the ornate stylings of Eastern Europe's Byzantine churches, the nature and history of country churches is beautifully revealed on each page of this stunning volume.