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Originally published in 1981, The Later Middle Ages bridges the gap
between modern and medieval language and literature, by introducing
the social and intellectual milieu in which writers like Chaucer,
Malory and Margery Kempe lived. It provides a unified and coherent
account of the culture of late medieval England, and of the
problems involved in viewing it, in relation to English literature.
The book covers the history of ideas and education, art and
architecture, and changes in the social, economic and political
structure.
Originally published in 1981, The Later Middle Ages bridges the gap
between modern and medieval language and literature, by introducing
the social and intellectual milieu in which writers like Chaucer,
Malory and Margery Kempe lived. It provides a unified and coherent
account of the culture of late medieval England, and of the
problems involved in viewing it, in relation to English literature.
The book covers the history of ideas and education, art and
architecture, and changes in the social, economic and political
structure.
Contents: The Pre-Conquest Sculptural Tradition in Durham (Rosemary
Cramp); Early Medieval Durham: the Archaeological Evidence (M.O.H.
Carver); The Spiral Piers of Durham Cathedral (Eric Fernie); The
Galilee Chapel (Richard Halsey); The Nine Altars at Durham and
Fountains (Peter Draper); The Neville Screen (Christopher Wilson).
Oxfordshire, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, has
always been a wealthy county. Its landscapes vary from the chalk
and beechwood Chiltern Hills in the south to the limestone uplands
of the Cotswolds in the north-west, which give very fine building
stone. The land supports arable and sheep farming, and is watered
by the River Thames and its many tributaries. All this is reflected
in the variety of its church buildings, architecture that is not
necessarily grand but is exceptionally beautiful and atmospheric.
This book looks at a small, representative selection of buildings
and their contents, some proudly in towns, others settled into
their rural landscapes. Since church buildings were almost always
modified over the centuries, any that date from the Middle Ages are
apt to contain features from several periods. Some have been chosen
because they still show their Anglo-Saxon origins. Some are here
for their surviving wall paintings, some for remarkable tombs. Work
of exceptional Gothic Revival architects is included, as are one or
two twentieth-century buildings. Nonconformists are represented by
the eighteenth-century Baptist Chapel at Cote and the contemporary
Quaker Meeting House at Burford. Illustrated throughout, Churches
of Oxfordshire will be of interest to local historians, residents
and visitors to the county.
The county of Gloucestershire has a rich and varied past which is
reflected in its historic churches. The landscape is dominated by
two principal features - the River Severn and the Cotswold hills
– and Gloucestershire’s churches reflect the changing face of
the county, from the Forest of Dean to the Cotswold escarpment, the
Severn Vale to the watery southern boundary by the River Thames. In
Churches of Gloucestershire, author Nicola Coldstream explores a
selection of the most interesting churches across the whole of the
county, both well-known and those waiting to be discovered by a
wider audience. The buildings range from rural and urban churches,
dating from the Anglo-Saxons to the modern age, some displaying
Gloucestershire’s wealth from the mediaeval wool trade, others
its industrial past. Selected for their architectural interest or
their contents such as tombs, fonts and wall-paintings, interesting
Roman Catholic and Nonconformist buildings are also included. This
fascinating picture of an important part of the history of
Gloucestershire over the centuries will be of interest to all those
who live in or are visiting this attractive county in England.
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