Raised from the Ruins: Monastic Houses after the Dissolution
Raised from the Ruins: Monastic Houses after the Dissolution
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Raised from the Ruins: Monastic Houses after the Dissolution
W037046 | $52.95 / 10% library disc.
Jane Whitaker. Unicorn, Unicorn Publishing Group, London, 2021.
404 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 25 x 20 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9781913491918
Five short years after Henry VIII’s break with Rome, his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, masterminded the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was one of the most dramatic and fast-paced upheavals of the social and architectural fabric in the history of the British Isles. Monks and nuns were expelled and orders went out for the deserted monasteries to be dismantled, their churches demolished, and their sites transformed into architectural salvage yards. Out of the scarred remains of these vast complexes, there arose many magnificent new houses, created by men who seized this brief opportunity. Some of these, such as Titchfield Abbey in Hampshire, were adapted from the monastic buildings, while others, like Syon House in Middlesex, were built afresh upon the sites of destruction. Others have disappeared completely and are known only from evocative watercolors by topographical artists. This richly illustrated book offers new insights into a fleeting moment in the architectural history of the British Isles, representing a period of great change and subsequent rebirth.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Great Britain -- 1400-1600 -- Architecture --
W037046 | $52.95 / 10% library disc.
Jane Whitaker. Unicorn, Unicorn Publishing Group, London, 2021.
404 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 25 x 20 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9781913491918
Five short years after Henry VIII’s break with Rome, his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, masterminded the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was one of the most dramatic and fast-paced upheavals of the social and architectural fabric in the history of the British Isles. Monks and nuns were expelled and orders went out for the deserted monasteries to be dismantled, their churches demolished, and their sites transformed into architectural salvage yards. Out of the scarred remains of these vast complexes, there arose many magnificent new houses, created by men who seized this brief opportunity. Some of these, such as Titchfield Abbey in Hampshire, were adapted from the monastic buildings, while others, like Syon House in Middlesex, were built afresh upon the sites of destruction. Others have disappeared completely and are known only from evocative watercolors by topographical artists. This richly illustrated book offers new insights into a fleeting moment in the architectural history of the British Isles, representing a period of great change and subsequent rebirth.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Great Britain -- 1400-1600 -- Architecture --
