History of the Cathedral Church of Wells: As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old FoundationMacmillan, 1870 - 200 pages |
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... - terests of the royal palace , of the fallen Abbey , of the unique home of noble poverty ( 1 ) and of the oldest ( 1 ) See notes at the end of the volume . of the great and still living schools of England . 2 HISTORY OF THE.
... - terests of the royal palace , of the fallen Abbey , of the unique home of noble poverty ( 1 ) and of the oldest ( 1 ) See notes at the end of the volume . of the great and still living schools of England . 2 HISTORY OF THE.
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... Abbey has been to our neighbours at Glastonbury , what the church first of Abbots and then of Bishops has been else- where to Ely and Peterborough . The whole history of Wells is , I say , the history of the bishoprick and of its church ...
... Abbey has been to our neighbours at Glastonbury , what the church first of Abbots and then of Bishops has been else- where to Ely and Peterborough . The whole history of Wells is , I say , the history of the bishoprick and of its church ...
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... Abbey of Evesham were pre- ferred to those of the existing Cathedral of Wells . ( 2 ) The whole interest , then , of this city is ecclesias- tical ; but its ecclesiastical interest in one point of view surpasses that of every church in ...
... Abbey of Evesham were pre- ferred to those of the existing Cathedral of Wells . ( 2 ) The whole interest , then , of this city is ecclesias- tical ; but its ecclesiastical interest in one point of view surpasses that of every church in ...
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... Abbey still lived on , rich and favoured by the conquerors as by the conquered , the one great institution which bore up untouched through the storm of English Conquest , the one great tie which binds our race to the race which went ...
... Abbey still lived on , rich and favoured by the conquerors as by the conquered , the one great institution which bore up untouched through the storm of English Conquest , the one great tie which binds our race to the race which went ...
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... Abbey is lost in the gloom of hoariest antiquity , while its name of Avalon has become a name of legend , a name rather of some fancied fairy - land than of an actual spot of earth , no traditions , no legends , have deco- rated the ...
... Abbey is lost in the gloom of hoariest antiquity , while its name of Avalon has become a name of legend , a name rather of some fancied fairy - land than of an actual spot of earth , no traditions , no legends , have deco- rated the ...
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Abbey Abbot ancient Anglia Sacra apse arches architectural bays Bishop of Bath Bishop Robert Bishoprick body building built called capitular cathedral cathedral church central tower century changes Chapter Chapter-house choir church of Saint clergy cloister College corporation Crown 8vo Dean Deanery diocese Duduc duties east end eastern limb ecclesiæ ecclesiastical Edward election England English estates Exeter Extra fcap fabric Fcap finished Gisa Gisa's Glastonbury Godwin Henry Hereford high altar Historiola Jocelin John of Tours King Lady chapel land lectures Lichfield Llandaff look minster monastery Monasticon monks nave non-residentiary Canons offices Old Foundation palace POEMS Pope Prebendaries prebends Precentor presbytery present priests Professor Willis Ralph of Shrewsbury reign residence Residentiaries Robert Burnell Romanesque Saint Andrew Saint David's Salisbury secular canons Somersetshire style suppressed thing transept Translated vault Vicars west front western towers whole William William of Malmesbury Winchester
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