Format
Broché
EAN13
9781915401038
ISBN
978-1-915401-03-8
Éditeur
Paul Holberton Publishing
Date de publication
Nombre de pages
304
Dimensions
24 x 17 x 3 cm
Poids
944 g
Langue
français
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900 Years of St Bartholomew's

The History, Art and Architecture of London's Oldest Parish Church

Paul Holberton Publishing

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This important book presents a comprehensive history of St Bartholomew
the Great, the oldest parish church in London. In 2023, the Priory Church and
Hospital will celebrate the 900th anniversary of their foundation.
At the heart of the Smithfield area, with its hospital, pubs, restaurants and market,
is a church built when Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, was King of England.
Overlooking the fields where kings confronted rebellions, knights jousted and
heretics were burnt, St Bartholomew’s Priory and Hospital played a central role in
the history of medieval London.
Partially torn down by order of Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the
Monasteries, the Priory was reborn as a parish church. It served the City of London
through the tumultuous years of the Reformation and the Civil War and has played
host to many of London’s most famous residents. William Hogarth was baptized
in its font. Charles Wesley preached in its pulpit. Benjamin Franklin served as a
printer’s apprentice in its former Lady Chapel. John Betjeman lived across the street
and memorialized it in his poetry.
The history of St Bartholomew’s is a tale of miraculous survival and continual
renewal. It came out unscathed from the Great Fire of 1666 and the bombs dropped
in Zeppelin raids in World War I and during the Blitz in World War II. Its splendid
Romanesque core has been added to by each successive generation.
This volume – the first comprehensive history of the Church since 1921 – will
survey the art, architecture and historical significance of the City of London’s oldest
parish church in a scholarly, yet accessible tone. Richly illustrated, this book will
appeal to those interested in the history of the City of London, in medieval and
Victorian church architecture, in funerary monuments, and in the history of the
Church of England.
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