Durham Cathedral : history, fabric and culture / edited by David Brown.

"For over a millennium, Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. Its setting, perched on a peninsula formed by a bend in the River Wear, adds...

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Other Authors: Brown, David, 1948 July 1- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, in association with The Chapter of Durham Cathedral, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. One Historical Overview
  • 1. Cuthbert and the Search for a Patron / Sarah Foot
  • 2.The Anglo-Norman Priory and its Predecessor, 995
  • 1189 / David Rollason
  • 3. Consolidation, 1189
  • 1380 / Philippa Hoskin
  • 4.The Late Middle Ages, 1380
  • 1539 / Martin Heale
  • 5.The Priory's Outreach: Durham's Cells / Lynda Rollason
  • 6. From Reformation to Restoration, 1539
  • 1660 / William Shells
  • 7. From the Restoration to the Founding of the University, 1660
  • 1832 / Anne Orde
  • 8. Victorian to Modern, 1832
  • 2000 / David Goodhew
  • pt. Two Architecture, Art and Setting
  • 9.The Romanesque Cathedral, 1093
  • 1133 / Eric Fernie
  • 10.The Late Medieval Cathedral / Richard Fawcett
  • 11.The Contribution of Archaeology / Norman Emery
  • 12.The Decoration of the Cathedral and Priory in the Middle Ages / David Park
  • 13.The Post-Reformation Monuments / Ingrid Roscoe
  • 14.The Stained Glass of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Sally Rush
  • 15. Plate and Metalwork / Marian Campbell.
  • 16. Textiles and Embroidery / Jill Ivy
  • 17. Twentieth-century Art Works / John Munns
  • 18. The College and Deanery / John Goodall
  • 19.The Claustral Ranges / Richard Fawcett
  • 20. The Riverbanks / Dorothy Hamilton
  • pt. Three Worship, Spirituality and Social Change
  • 21.The Shrine of St Cuthbert / David Hunt
  • 22.The Changing Face of Liturgy / David Kennedy
  • 23.The Music across the Centuries / Brian Crosby
  • 24. Sacred Space and its Use / Michael Sadgrove
  • 25. Modern Ethos and Spirituality in Changing Times / Peter Rowe
  • pt. Four Letters and Learning
  • 26.The Library / Joan Williams
  • 27.The Cathedral's Oldest Books / Richard Gameson
  • 28.The Archive / Michael Stansfield
  • 29.The Cathedral and Education, 1083
  • 1542 / Nicholas Orme
  • 30. Schools in the Post-Reformation Period / Brian Crosby
  • 31. Durham College at Oxford, 1286
  • 1542 / Jeremy Catto
  • 32. Post-Reformation Clerical Scholarship / David Brown
  • 33.The Cathedral in Literature / J. R. Watson
  • 34. The Cathedral in Art / Douglas Pocock.