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Westminster - II. The Art, Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Palace (Hardcover)
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Westminster - II. The Art, Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Palace (Hardcover)
Series: The British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions
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Westminster came into existence in the later Anglo-Saxon period,
and by the mid-11th century, when Edward the Confessor's great new
abbey was built, it was a major royal centre two miles south-west
of the City of London. Within a century or so, it had become the
principal seat of government in England, and this series of
twenty-eight papers covers new research on the topography,
buildings, art-history, architecture and archaeology of
Westminster's two great establishments - Abbey and Palace. Part I
begins with studies of the topography of the area, an account of
its Roman-period finds and an historiographical overview of the
archaeology of the Abbey. Edward the Confessor's enigmatic church
plan is discussed and the evidence for later Romanesque structures
is assembled for the first time. Five papers examine aspects of
Henry III's vast new Abbey church and its decoration. A further
four cover aspects of the later medieval period, coronation, and
Sir George Gilbert Scott's impact as the Abbey's greatest Surveyor
of the Fabric. A pair of papers examines the development of the
northern precinct of the Abbey, around St Margaret's Church, and
the remarkable buildings of Westminster School, created within the
remains of the monastery in the 17th and 18th centuries. Part II
part deals with the Palace of Westminster and its wider topography
between the late 11th century and the devastating fire of 1834 that
largely destroyed the medieval palace. William Rufus's enormous
hall and its famous roofs are completely reassessed, and
comparisons discussed between this structure and the great hall at
Caen. Other essays reconsider Henry III's palace, St Stephen's
chapel, the king's great chamber (the 'Painted Chamber') and the
enigmatic Jewel Tower. The final papers examine the meeting places
of Parliament and the living accommodation of the MPs who attended
it, the topography of the Palace between the Reformation and the
fire of 1834, and the building of the New Palace which is better
known today as the Houses of Parliament.
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