Author: Carol A. McLee
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300096651
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 542

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The North Riding extends from the fells on the Westmorland border to the highest cliffs in England, facing the North Sea. In an area of scattered settlements, Richmond is one of the best market towns in England, as Whitby is one of the best fishing towns. There are the remains of unusually complete and beautiful work at Rievaulx, complemented by fine eighteenth-century landscaping. The North Riding also saw Vanbrugh's astonishing first essay into architecture at Castle Howard, and there are many fine classical houses in a distinctively northern style. Industry has made its mark along the estuary of the Tees, where the Middlesbrough transporter bridge is a unique working survival of early twentieth-century engineering.

Author: Joseph Foster
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Category : Yorkshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Author: Brian Gittos
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 178925129X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 587

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This innovative study examines and analyses the wealth of evidence provided by the monumental effigies of Yorkshire, from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including some of very high sculptural merit. More than 200 examples survive from the historic county in varying states of preservation. Together, they present a picture of the people able to afford them, at a time when the county was frequently at the forefront of national politics and administration, during the Scottish wars. Many monuments display remarkable realism, depicting people as they themselves wished to be remembered, and are accompanied by a great volume of contemporary sculptural and architectural detail. Stylistic analysis of the effigies themselves has been employed, better to understand how they relate to one another and give a firmer basis for their dating and production patterns. They are considered in relation to the history and material culture of the area at the time they were produced. A more soundly based appreciation of the sculptor's intentions and the aspirations of patrons is sought through close attention to the full extent of the visible evidence afforded by the monuments and their surroundings. The corpus is of sufficient size to permit meaningful analysis to shed light on aspects such as personal aspiration, social networks, patterns of supply and production, piety and wealth. It demonstrates the value of funerary monuments to the wider understanding of medieval society. The text will be accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue, making available a substantial body of research for the first time. The study considers the relationship between the monuments and related sculpture, architecture, painting, glass etc, together with contemporary documentary evidence, where it is available. This material and the underlying methodology are now available to illuminate monuments of the medieval period across the whole country. Its methods and messages extend understanding of all monuments, broadening its potential audience from the purely local to everyone concerned with medieval sculpture and church archaeology.

Author: John Charles Cox
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Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1022

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Author: Ammon Wrigley
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Category : Saddleworth (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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Author: Colin Blanshard Withers
Publisher: Yorkshire Wolds
ISBN: 9780953202928
Category : Probate courts
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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'This book aims to unravel the complexity of the probate court system in Yorkshire ... The book will also explain the probate process and the documentation that was generated during this process." -- P. xv.

Author: Joseph Bradbury
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Category : Saddleworth (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Author: Carol A. McLee
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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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