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First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
The Henry Bradshaw Society was established in 1890 in commemoration
of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian in Cambridge and a
distinguished authority on early medieval manuscripts and
liturgies, who died in 1886. The Society was founded for the
editing of rare liturgical texts'; its principal focus is on the
Western (Latin) Church and its rites, and on the medieval period in
particular, from the sixth century to the sixteenth (in effect,
from the earliest surviving Christian books until the Reformation).
Liturgy was at the heart of Christian worship, and during the
medieval period the Christian Church was at the heart of Western
society. Study of medieval Christianity in its manifold aspects -
historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological - inevitably
involves study of its rites, and for that reason Henry Bradshaw
Society publications have become standard source-books for an
understanding of all aspects of the middle ages. Moreover, many of
the Society's publications have been facsimile editions, and these
facsimiles have become cornerstones of the science of palaeography.
The society was founded for the editing of rare liturgical texts;
its principal focus is on the Western (Latin) Church and its rites,
and on the medieval period in particular, from the sixth century to
the Reformation. Study of medieval Christianity - at the heart of
Western society - inevitably involves study of its rites, and the
society's publications are essential to an understanding of all
aspects (historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological) of
the middle ages.
Christopher Wordsworth (1807-85), the "Great Christopher" of
Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, was a nephew of William
the poet, and brother to the student who launched the University
Boat Race. In 1832 he took a gap-year, after his brilliant studies
in ancient Greek and Latin classics, to travel back in time over
two thousand years to Pericles' Athens. The account of his tour,
Athens and Attica (1836), is still the perfect scholarly companion
to the history, topography, and myths of an area compact in
dimension yet vast in terms of its contribution to Western
civilization. "The Bazaar or Market at Athens is a long street.
Looking up you command a view of the commodities. Barrels of black
caviar, small pocket-looking-glasses in red pasteboard cases,
onions, tobacco piled up in brown heaps, black olives, figs strung
together upon a rush, pipes with amber mouthpieces and brown clay
bowls, silver-chased pistols, dirks, belts, and embroidered
waistcoats. Such is the present state of Athens...a few Turks still
doze in the archways of the Acropolis, or recline while smoking
their pipes, and leaning with their backs against the rusty cannon.
A few days ago the cannon of the Acropolis fired the signal of the
conclusion of the Turkish Ramazam - the last which will ever be
celebrated in Athens." - Christopher Wordsworth, 1832
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