English cathedrals : a history / Stanford Lehmberg
2005, First Edition. London : Hambledon and London. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457601
ISBN: 1852854537
Physical description: xiii, 319 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The early centuries, 597-1066 -- Norman, 1066-1170 -- Early English, 1170-1280 -- Decorated, 1280-1350 -- Perpendicular, 1350-1530 -- Stained Glass -- Medieval tombs and monuments -- Life in a medieval cathedral -- The Reformation -- Protestant ascendancy and Catholic reaction -- The Elizabethan settlement -- The early seventeenth century -- Civil war and interregnum -- The Restoration -- Houses and praise and prayer -- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The twentieth century. Subjects: Cathedrals - England - History. Church of England - Cathedrals - History. Church architecture - England - History.
Price: €9.95