Westminster Abbey / / Richard Jenkyns.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jenkyns, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Wonders of the world : 20
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH --; 2. HENRY VII’S CHAPEL --; 3. RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION --; 4. DEATH’S PALACE --; 5. FROM BAROQUE TO VICTORIAN --; 6. THE ABBEY IMAGINED --; 7. THE CHURCH IN THE CITY --; 8. THE NATION’S SHRINE --; 9. THE SITE OF CEREMONY --; 10. THE ABBEY NOW --; FURTHER READING --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; INDEX --; WONDERS OF THE WORLD
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674063617; 9783110442212; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674063617
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Jenkyns.

Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. This is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building's shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers.