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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Bibliotheca Cantiana. A Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Pamphlets, and Prtins, Relating to the County of Kent...
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Author: The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385430143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Harvard Historical Studies
Author: The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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The Royal Abbey of Reading
Author: Ron BaxterPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270845
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
First full-length survey of Reading Abbey, one of the most important ecclesiastical buildings of the Middle Ages. Reading Abbey was built by King Henry I to be a great architectural statement and his own mausoleum, as well as a place of resort and a staging point for royal itineraries for progresses in the west and south-west of England. Fromthe start it was envisaged as a monastic site with a high degree of independence from the church hierarchy; it was granted enormous holdings of land and major religious relics to attract visitors and pilgrims, and no expense wasspared in providing a church comparable in size and splendour with anything else in England. However, in architectural terms, the abbey has, until recently, remained enigmatic, mainly because of the efficiency with which itwas destroyed at the Reformation. Only recently has it become possible to bring together the scattered evidence - antiquarian drawings and historic records along with a new survey of the standing remains - into a coherent picture.This richly illustrated volume provides the first full account of the abbey, from foundation to dissolution, and offers a new virtual reconstruction of the church and its cloister; it also shows how the abbey formed the backdropto many key historical events. Ron Baxter is the Research Director of the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland.
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
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Author: John Russell SmithBook-prices Current
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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