Published in collaboration with the National Churches Trust, this fascinating book is a sumptuous and authoritative photographic history of churches in England, as told through the objects inside them.
Arranged chronologically from the Roman era to the present day, it covers a huge range of church objects including ornate fonts, beautiful stained glass windows, carved bench ends and rood screens, precious silverware and even church organs, and each piece has a fascinating story to tell. Within these pages, you'll discover:
• The Hinton St Mary mosaic in Dorset, created in the early 4th century AD and showing the first depiction of Jesus Christ in Britain.
• The full Norman repertoire of abstract geometrical forms displayed in the Tower Arch, St John’s Church, Northampton.
• The Becket pilgrims represented in glowing medieval stained glass in Canterbury Cathedral.
• Exquisitely carved misericords showing scenes from spiritual life through the year in Ripple church, Worcestershire.
• Destruction and survival through the Dissolution of the Monasteries at Croyland, Lincolnshire.
• Works of art in glass by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in Brampton, Cumbria.
• Dame Elizabeth Frink’s intimate 'Walking Madonna' statue outside Salisbury Cathedral.
With all of this and many other glorious treasures of England’s Christian history, it’s the perfect book for architecture enthusiasts, countryside explorers, dedicated churchgoers and anyone interested in the ongoing story of English churches.
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Foreword
Preface
The Church in Roman Britain c. 300–410
Saxon England 600–1066
Norman England 1066–1200
Early English Gothic 1180–1250
Gothic: The Middle Period 1250–1330
Late Gothic Architecture 1330–1530
The Reformation, the Renaissance Arrives and the Execution of a King 1530–1660
A King Restored and the Baroque Interlude 1660–1720
Refined Elegance in the Georgian Age 1720–1820
Victoria and After 1840–1920
Mid-Century Churches 1920–1960
The Modern Period 1960–2024
Epilogue
Index
Over de auteur
Matthew Byrne has been exploring, studying and photographing English churches for nearly 40 years. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1988 for his work in architectural photography, and is the author of several books including The Treasures of English Churches, Church Fonts and English Parish Churches and Chapels. He lives in Merseyside.
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