Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-81), later Dean of Westminster, was a
canon of Canterbury when he published this work, consisting of four
essays on the history of the cathedral, in 1854. It was reprinted
almost immediately, and the 1855 printing is reissued here. Stanley
described the work as 'an endeavour to connect topics of local
interest with the general course of history', and he takes four
events associated with Canterbury - the arrival of Augustine, the
murder of Becket, the death of the Black Prince, and the
development of the shrine of Becket - and puts them in a historical
context, while also describing the locations in which scenes of
historical importance were enacted, and including fascinating
details from his literary sources, such as Becket's hair shirt,
discovered after his murder to be alive with vermin. Other works by
Dean Stanley, including his Historical Memorials of Westminster,
are also reissued in this series.
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