| Perpetual Chantries in Britain Contributor(s): Wood-Legh, K. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521089573 ISBN-13: 9780521089579 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: This book is based on the Birkbeck Lectures for 1954-55, and on further researches into perpetual chantries in England and Scotland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 282.41 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.05 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The material concerning Chantry history is voluminous and contained in many sources: the foundation deeds of particular chantries; administrative notes in episcopal registers; borough records; monastic and other cartularia; and the records of the English Chancery, particularly the Patent Rolls. These documents, some printed and many in manuscript, comprise the sources for Miss Wood-Legh's work. Perpetual chantries in Britain is a pioneer study in detail of the function of the chantry over a wide area of Britain. It will also give those whose curiosity is aroused by architectural survivals an impression of the part played by chantries in medieval life. |
