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The Legal Architecture of English Cathedrals (Paperback)
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The Legal Architecture of English Cathedrals (Paperback)
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This original book is a comprehensive, richly documented and
critical examination of laws applicable to Anglican cathedrals in
England, some of the most iconic monuments in the national heritage
and centres of spiritual and cultural capital. Law is the missing
link in the emerging field of cathedral studies. The book fills
this gap. It explores historical antecedents of modern cathedral
law, traces aspects of them that still endure, and explains the law
with particular reference to the recommendations of the
Archbishops' Commission on Cathedrals 1994 which led to the most
radical changes in the legal history of these churches since the
Reformation, culminating in the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and
associated later legislation. The book compares the domestic
constitutions and statutes of all the cathedrals of the Church of
England today - old foundations, new foundations and parish church
cathedrals - as well as policies and guidelines applicable to or
adopted by them. Whilst national law acts as a fundamental unifying
force, there is considerable diversity as between these in terms of
the breadth and depth of their coverage of topics. In the
socio-legal tradition, the book also explores through interviews
with clergy and others, at half of the cathedrals, how laws are
experienced in practice. These reveal that whilst much of the law
is perceived as working well, there are equally key areas of
concern. To this end, the book proposes areas for further research
and debate with a view to possible reform. Taking an architectural
feature of cathedrals as the starting point for each chapter, from
cathedral governance through mission, ministry, music and education
to cathedral property, what emerges is that law and architecture
have a symbiotic relationship so that a cathedral is itself a form
of juristecture.
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