Glorious temples or Babylonic whores : : the culture of church building in Stuart England through the lens of consecration sermons / / by Anne-Françoise Morel.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, VOLUME 300
• VerfasserIn: Morel, Anne-Françoise,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History v. 300.; Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (497 pages).

In Glorious Temples or Babylonic Whores , Anne-Françoise Morel offers an account of the intellectual and cultural history of places of worship in Stuart England. Official documents issued by the Church of England rarely addressed issues regarding the status, function, use, and design of churches; bu...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Illustrations
• The Glorious Jerusalem and the Harlot Babylon
• What? How? Why?: Church Consecration in England 1549–1715, an Unestablished Ceremony
• Preaching in and on ‘the Temple’: Types and Models for Church Building
• The Spirit of Holiness
• Sense Perception and the Performativity of Architecture
• The Culture of Church Building at the Crossroads of History, Theology, and Architecture
• Conclusion
• Gazetteer
• List of Case Studies
• Case Studies
• Chapel of the Free School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
• Saint John the Baptist, Epping, Essex
• Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, London
• Chapel of William Cecil at St John Clerkenwell, London
• Saint James Chapel, Exeter College, University of Oxford
• Saint Andrew, Flixton, Suffolk
• Private Chapel, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent
• Chute Lodge Chapel, Chute Forest, Wiltshire
• Saint Peter Cornhill, London
• Temple Church, Inner Temple Lane, London
• Chapel of Longleat House, Wiltshire
• Trinity College Chapel, University of Oxford
• Saint Helen Bishopsgate, Great St Helen’s, London
• Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London
• Saint Thomas Chapel, Kingly Street, London
• Saint Catharine’s College Chapel, University of Cambridge
• All Hallows by the Tower (also known as All Hallows Barking), Byward Street, London
• All Saints, Church Street, Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow
• Saint George the Martyr’s Chapel, Queen Square, London
• Saint Mary, Southampton
• Saint Thomas Chapel, Stockton-upon-Tees, County Durham
• Saint Catherine, Long Road, Canvey Island, Essex
• Saint Anne, Kew Green, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• Saint Mary Magdalene, Castleton, Sherborne, Dorset
• Saint George, King Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
• Hart Hall Chapel, Hertford College, University of Oxford
• Saint Mary at Hill, Lovat Lane, London
• Queen’s College Chapel, University of Oxford
• Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
• Saint John the Evangelist, Bedford Row, London
• Saint Andrew, Penrith, Cumbria
• Saint Giles, Shipbourne, Kent
• Saint George, Hanover Square, London
• Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
• Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London
• Saint George, Tiverton, Devon
• Saint John the Evangelist Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London
• Saint Swithun, Worcester
• Back Matter
• Bibliography
• General Index.