Research Catalog

Title

Cathedrals under siege : cathedrals in English society, 1600-1700 / Stanford E. Lehmberg.

Author

Lehmberg, Stanford E.

Publication

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1996.

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Details

Description

xxx, 270 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

The problems faced by cathedrals in seventeenth-century English society were, if anything, greater than those encountered as a result of the Reformation a hundred years earlier. Almost all English cathedrals suffered substantial damage as a result of the Civil War. Anglican worship was suspended, cathedral ministers and musicians dismissed, and cathedral endowments confiscated between 1645 and 1660. Great efforts were required to restore the cathedrals following the return of the monarchy and established church in 1660. In Cathedrals Under Siege, Stanford E. Lehmberg brings together political, social, intellectual, and artistic history into a comprehensive, rounded account of an important institution in English history. In the same vein as Lehmberg's highly praised The Reformation of Cathedrals: Cathedrals in English Society, 1485-1603, this volume approaches English cathedrals as organic institutions with changing functions within their communities. Lehmberg includes a narrative history of the cathedrals, a collective biographical analysis of the cathedral clergy and their numerous writings, and a discussion of cathedral music and finance. The book is amply illustrated with photographs and engravings, including many of tombs and monuments. Lehmberg's account is also important for today's visitors to England's cathedrals because it describes a crucial period when the cathedrals took on the appearances and functions that have persisted until the present day.

Subjects

• Anglican Communion
• Cathedrals
• England
• 1600-1699
• History
• Church history
• Church of England
• England > Bürgerkrieg
• Geschichte 1600-1700
• Dom
• Anglican Communion > England > History > 17th century
• England > Church history > 17th century
• Church of England History > 17th century
• Cathedrals > England > History > 17th century

Genre/Form

• Church history.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The early seventeenth century : "One peevish difference or another" -- 2. The civil War and interregnum : "Rattling down proud Beckets glassy bones" -- 3. The restoration of cathedrals : "The happy return of the Church" -- 4. The Dean and chapter : an open élite -- 5. Writings of the cathedral clergy : "Every bookseller's stall groans" -- 6. Cathedral finance : "Under the burden of much want" -- 7. Cathedral music and musicians : "The unutterable ravishing soul's delight" -- 8. Cathedrals in seventeenth-century society (1) : "The greatnesse and state of that Church" -- 9. Cathedrals in seventeenth-century society (2) :"The indevotion and sloth of the age."

ISBN

• 0271014946
• 9780271014944

LCCN

95007502

OCLC

• ocm32130189
• 32130189
• SCSB-2089269

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library