Author: William Henry Parr GreswellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glastonbury (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Chapters on the Early History of Glastonbury Abbey
Author: William Henry Parr GreswellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glastonbury (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Chapters on the Early History of Glastonbury Abbey (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Henry Parr GreswellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331126607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Excerpt from Chapters on the Early History of Glastonbury Abbey In making a short contribution to the early history of Glastonbury Abbey I feel that I need offer no apology, as the old Tor itself, although 20 or 25 miles distant as the crow flies, is visible from my windows, and invites the attempt. More often than not it is draped in the mists that sweep up the Severn Sea from the north-west and lies half hid in the mirage of the moorlands. To write about the birth of Grlastonbury is to write about a creation that has sprung from the sea, that has grown up silently in the weird marshes and meres of the "sea-moor-saetas," and that loves to entangle itself in the magic mists of antiquity. Must we always adhere to the litera scripta in speaking of Glastonbury? It is the land of legend, romantic figures, and shadowy heroes, and there is sometimes more substance to be found in these, especially when place-names, topography, dedications, and the consentanea vox of antiquity confirm them, than in the litera scripta of the monastic scriptorium, where the greatest efforts of the Benedictine pens were directed to invent, to simulate, and to forge, so that the detective genius of a Stubbs can hardly winnow the true record from the false. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
The Publisher
Author: British Books
Author: The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
Author: The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1630
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey
Author: Courtenay Arthur Ralegh RadfordPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851152844
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Discussion of site and buildings, books and manuscripts, cultural life and traditions, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon period to the later middle ages.
Sacred Heritage
Author: Roberta GilchristPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108496547
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Forges innovative connections between monastic archaeology and heritage studies, revealing new perspectives on sacred heritage, identity, medieval healing, magic and memory. This title is available as Open Access.
Chapters on the Early History of Glastonbury Abbey
Author: William Henry Parr GreswellPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290184182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Harvard Classics: Prefaces and prologues to famous books
Author: Charles William EliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description