St Georges Chapel, Windsor, in the Late Middle Ages
Author : Colin Richmond
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Colin Richmond
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Nigel Saul
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781843831174
A definitive look at the early history of St George's Chapel, one of the most important medieval buildings in England. Developed and improved by Edward III, the Chapel became the spiritual home of his newly-instigated Order of theGarter and, in the process, a new Camelot for the English monarchy. St George's Chapel, Windsor, is one of the most famous ecclesiastical foundations in Britain. Established in 1348, its origins are closely bound up with those of the Order of the Garter, which was founded by Edward III at the sametime. The collection of essays in this volume sets Windsor in its context, at the forefront of the political and cultural developments of mid-fourteenth-century England. They examine the early history of the Chapel, its tieswith Edward III's chivalric ambitions, the community of canons who served it, and its place in the institutional development of the English Church. Major themes are the role of the Chapel in the early history of the Order and itsinfluence on other collegiate foundations of the late middle ages; and much attention is devoted to the mighty building campaign at the Castle started by Edward III which made Windsor the grandest royal residence of its day.
Author : Camilla Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,98 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
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Author : Camilla Mary Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
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Author : Shelagh Bond
Publisher : Graphic Arts Center Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Chapels
ISBN : 9780853720133
Author : John Crook
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,28 MB
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789258677
The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose. The domestic buildings provided for the Warden, Canons and Priest-Vicars now the Deanery and Canons Cloister are an astonishing survival: despite enlargement and alteration over the centuries, a significant amount of the mid-fourteenth-century fabric survives, though often hidden from view. A recent program of refurbishment and conservation revealed much hitherto unknown evidence for the way the buildings were constructed, their fittings and decoration and their subsequent evolution. The author maintained a continuous watching brief throughout the refurbishment works, the results of which are published here for the first time. The archaeological evidence is supplemented by the excellent survival of documentation, both for the initial construction of the buildings and their subsequent development: we know the precise date of each stage of construction, the cost and even the names of the workmen involved. The post-medieval history of the buildings is also highly significant, and for this period we have the benefit of knowing more about the deans and canons who influenced the ways their dwellings developed, and of a continued wealth of documentary evidence.
Author : Sarah Brown
Publisher : St George's Chapel
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle is one of the most famous buildings in the World, the venue for national pageant and ceremony since the Middle Ages. Created to be the architectural back-drop for the activities of the Order of the Garter, the pre-eminent chivalric order of medieval England, in modern times the chapel has become one of the country's premier tourist destinations. The stained glass of the chapel, dating from the early 16th century to the later 20th century, is one of its least familiar treasures. The chapel has always been served by the leading artist and craftsmen of the day and in designing for this most distinguished location, successive generations of glaziers have excelled themselves in the quality of their work. In this volume the history of the chapel's stained glass is explored by a team of distinguished stained glass historians and heraldic scholars for the first time, revealing a microcosm of English stained glass design across the centuries.
Author : James M. W. Willoughby
Publisher : Gwasg y Bwthyn
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Libraries
ISBN : 9780861404933
Author : John Crook
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789258669
The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose. The domestic buildings provided for the Warden, Canons and Priest-Vicars – now the Deanery and Canons Cloister – are an astonishing survival: despite enlargement and alteration over the centuries, a significant amount of the mid-fourteenth-century fabric survives, though often hidden from view. A recent program of refurbishment and conservation revealed much hitherto unknown evidence for the way the buildings were constructed, their fittings and decoration and their subsequent evolution. The author maintained a continuous ‘watching brief’ throughout the refurbishment works, the results of which are published here for the first time. The archaeological evidence is supplemented by the excellent survival of documentation, both for the initial construction of the buildings and their subsequent development: we know the precise date of each stage of construction, the cost and even the names of the workmen involved. The post-medieval history of the buildings is also highly significant, and for this period we have the benefit of knowing more about the deans and canons who influenced the ways their dwellings developed, and of a continued wealth of documentary evidence.
Author : Ludger Körntgen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 3110262045
The increased interest in religion as a phenomenon and its various cultural contexts is encouraging a focus on the relationship between religion and politics. However, the political relevance of the religious and the interdependence between political and religious spheres has always been a major area of medieval research. The articles in this volume consider not only the principle inseparability of both spheres as previously established by research, but also the beginnings of a differentiation and relative autonomy of religion and politics within the framework of a comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom. This allows the identification of restrictions within the research traditions that are due to national histories and points to ways of overcoming these restrictions.