Author: Shropshire Parish Register SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Shropshire Parish registers
Author: Shropshire Parish Register SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Parish Church Treasures
Author: John GoodallPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472917650
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An enthralling guide to the largely unrecognised treasures of England's remarkable Parish Churches, 'the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory'. Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here combine unpredictably with the functional, the curious and the naïve, from prehistory to the present day, to form an unsung national museum which presents its contents in an everyday setting without curators or formal displays. Because church treasures usually remain in the buildings they were created for, properly interpreted they tell from thousands of local perspectives the history of the nation, its people and their changing religious observance. John Goodall's weekly series in Country Life has celebrated particular objects in or around churches that are of outstanding artistic, social or historical importance, to underline both the intrinsic interest of parish churches and the insights that they and their contents offer into English history of every period. Parish Church Treasures incorporates and significantly expands this material to tell afresh the remarkable history of the parish church. It celebrates the special character of churches as places to visit whilst providing an authoritative and up-to-date history at a time when the use and upkeep of these buildings and the care of their contents is highly contentious.
Shropshire Parish Registers
Author: Shropshire Parish Register SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Athenaeum
Author: The British Critic
Author: James Shergold BoonePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368511688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1793.
The British Critic
Author: British Critic
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers and publishing
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Sacred Land
Author: Martin PalmerPublisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 0748130497
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
SACRED LAND will enable you to discover the hidden secrets and meaning of the landscape around you, town or country, modern or old, wherever you live in Britain. There has been a dramatic growth in interest in our own history, buildings, landscape, sacred places, beliefs and culture over the last few years and this book will equip you with the tools to unlock the meaning, stories and history that are literally embedded in our landscape. It takes us from street names to churches; from hill forts to burial mounds; from the way a road bends to the shapes of fields in order to understand better the land that lies beneath our feet. In the literal shape of our countryside can be detected the eddies of time, politics, belief, warfare, passion and the durability of the human existence. SACRED LAND is a fascinating, accessible read and the perfect reference guide to have in your home or in your car. It will be of interest to everyone who loves history, sacred places and sacred history, and those who like to explore their ancestry and roots.
Catalogue of the Reference Library of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Author: University of Exeter. Museum and LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Author: