Author: Warwick Rodwell
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1848022204
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Archaeological excavation, architectural survey and historical research carried out between 1978 and 1993 have elucidated the origins and early development of Wells Cathedral. Study concentrated primarily on the cloister and its adjuncts, and excavation took place in the adjoining ‘Camery’ garden. Here lay an ancient cemetery and the foundations of a succession of demolished buildings, ranging in date from Roman to post-medieval. Collectively, these enshrined a continuous development of religious and sepulchral activity, probably from the fourth to the mid-sixteenth century; secular uses followed. Adjacent to the Camery are the springs from which Wells takes its name. The first mention of the ‘holy well’ and minster church of St Andrew is in A.D. 766. Excavation yielded a complex stratigraphic sequence, demonstrating how an anonymous late Roman mausoleum burial probably provided the raison d’être for the development of a Middle Saxon cemetery and chapel, and hence for the origins of Wells Cathedral itself in 909. The establishment of this sequence is uniquely important in the history of English cathedral archaeology and sets Wells alongside developments in continental Europe.
Wells Cathedral
Author: Warwick Rodwell
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1848022204
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Archaeological excavation, architectural survey and historical research carried out between 1978 and 1993 have elucidated the origins and early development of Wells Cathedral. Study concentrated primarily on the cloister and its adjuncts, and excavation took place in the adjoining ‘Camery’ garden. Here lay an ancient cemetery and the foundations of a succession of demolished buildings, ranging in date from Roman to post-medieval. Collectively, these enshrined a continuous development of religious and sepulchral activity, probably from the fourth to the mid-sixteenth century; secular uses followed. Adjacent to the Camery are the springs from which Wells takes its name. The first mention of the ‘holy well’ and minster church of St Andrew is in A.D. 766. Excavation yielded a complex stratigraphic sequence, demonstrating how an anonymous late Roman mausoleum burial probably provided the raison d’être for the development of a Middle Saxon cemetery and chapel, and hence for the origins of Wells Cathedral itself in 909. The establishment of this sequence is uniquely important in the history of English cathedral archaeology and sets Wells alongside developments in continental Europe.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1848022204
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Archaeological excavation, architectural survey and historical research carried out between 1978 and 1993 have elucidated the origins and early development of Wells Cathedral. Study concentrated primarily on the cloister and its adjuncts, and excavation took place in the adjoining ‘Camery’ garden. Here lay an ancient cemetery and the foundations of a succession of demolished buildings, ranging in date from Roman to post-medieval. Collectively, these enshrined a continuous development of religious and sepulchral activity, probably from the fourth to the mid-sixteenth century; secular uses followed. Adjacent to the Camery are the springs from which Wells takes its name. The first mention of the ‘holy well’ and minster church of St Andrew is in A.D. 766. Excavation yielded a complex stratigraphic sequence, demonstrating how an anonymous late Roman mausoleum burial probably provided the raison d’être for the development of a Middle Saxon cemetery and chapel, and hence for the origins of Wells Cathedral itself in 909. The establishment of this sequence is uniquely important in the history of English cathedral archaeology and sets Wells alongside developments in continental Europe.
The People of the Parish
Author: Katherine L. French
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812201957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The parish, the lowest level of hierarchy in the medieval church, was the shared responsibility of the laity and the clergy. Most Christians were baptized, went to confession, were married, and were buried in the parish church or churchyard; in addition, business, legal settlements, sociability, and entertainment brought people to the church, uniting secular and sacred concerns. In The People of the Parish, Katherine L. French contends that late medieval religion was participatory and flexible, promoting different kinds of spiritual and material involvement. The rich parish records of the small diocese of Bath and Wells include wills, court records, and detailed accounts by lay churchwardens of everyday parish activities. They reveal the differences between parishes within a single diocese that cannot be attributed to regional variation. By using these records show to the range and diversity of late medieval parish life, and a Christianity vibrant enough to accommodate differences in status, wealth, gender, and local priorities, French refines our understanding of lay attitudes toward Christianity in the two centuries before the Reformation.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812201957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The parish, the lowest level of hierarchy in the medieval church, was the shared responsibility of the laity and the clergy. Most Christians were baptized, went to confession, were married, and were buried in the parish church or churchyard; in addition, business, legal settlements, sociability, and entertainment brought people to the church, uniting secular and sacred concerns. In The People of the Parish, Katherine L. French contends that late medieval religion was participatory and flexible, promoting different kinds of spiritual and material involvement. The rich parish records of the small diocese of Bath and Wells include wills, court records, and detailed accounts by lay churchwardens of everyday parish activities. They reveal the differences between parishes within a single diocese that cannot be attributed to regional variation. By using these records show to the range and diversity of late medieval parish life, and a Christianity vibrant enough to accommodate differences in status, wealth, gender, and local priorities, French refines our understanding of lay attitudes toward Christianity in the two centuries before the Reformation.
The Sources and Literature of English History from the Earliest Times to about 1485
Author: Charles Gross
Publisher: London, Green
ISBN:
Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher: London, Green
ISBN:
Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Historical Notes on the Church of Saint Cuthbert in Wells
Author: Thomas Serel
Publisher:
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Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Author: Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Necessary Conjunctions
Author: D. Shaw
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137067918
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Necessary Conjunctions is an original study of how regular medieval people created their public social identities. Focusing especially on the world of English townspeople in the later Middle Ages, the book explores the social self, the public face of the individual. It gives special attention to how prevalent norms of honor, fidelity and hierarchy guided and were manipulated by medieval citizens. With variable success, medieval men and women defined themselves and each other by the clothes they work, the goods they cherished, as well as by their alliances and enemies, their sharp tongues and petty violence. Employing a highly interdisciplinary methodology and an original theory makes it possible to see how personal agency and identity developed within the framework of later medieval power structures.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137067918
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Necessary Conjunctions is an original study of how regular medieval people created their public social identities. Focusing especially on the world of English townspeople in the later Middle Ages, the book explores the social self, the public face of the individual. It gives special attention to how prevalent norms of honor, fidelity and hierarchy guided and were manipulated by medieval citizens. With variable success, medieval men and women defined themselves and each other by the clothes they work, the goods they cherished, as well as by their alliances and enemies, their sharp tongues and petty violence. Employing a highly interdisciplinary methodology and an original theory makes it possible to see how personal agency and identity developed within the framework of later medieval power structures.
Festive Drama
Author: Société internationale pour l'étude du théâtre médiéval. Colloque
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859914963
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Essays on festive drama - plays, pageantry and traditional ceremonies - of the European middle ages, with comparative material.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859914963
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Essays on festive drama - plays, pageantry and traditional ceremonies - of the European middle ages, with comparative material.
The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer
Author:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Notes on the History of the Parish of Kilmersdon in the County of Somerset
Author: George Hylton Jolliffe Baron Hylton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kilmersdon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kilmersdon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description