Barchester : English cathedral life in the nineteenth century / Philip Barrett
1993, 1st edition. London : SPCK. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed edition. Item #426429
ISBN: 0281046670
Physical description; xx, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-461) and index. Contents; English cathedral life in the early nineteenth century -- Church reform and cathedrals -- The environment of the cathedral: the close -- The office and work of a dean -- Canons and capitular government -- The cathedral staff -- Cathedral worship in the nineteenth century -- Cathedral choirs in the nineteenth century -- Capitular estates and finance -- Cathedral restoration in the nineteenth century -- The mission of the cathedral -- Cathedrals and education -- Cathedral reform -- Then and now. Subjects; Church of England History 19th century. Church of England. Cathedrals. Cathedrals England History 19th century.
Price: €30.00