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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... century , in the pages of Clarendon and of Macaulay , but it appears in con- nexion with events whose importance was mainly local . And even here the ecclesiastical interest comes in ; the most striking event connected with Wells in the ...
... century , in the pages of Clarendon and of Macaulay , but it appears in con- nexion with events whose importance was mainly local . And even here the ecclesiastical interest comes in ; the most striking event connected with Wells in the ...
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... century , I can tell you nothing . There is not a trace of building of any- thing like such early date remaining : while in other places we have grand buildings of the eleventh and twelfth centuries , at Wells we have little or nothing ...
... century , I can tell you nothing . There is not a trace of building of any- thing like such early date remaining : while in other places we have grand buildings of the eleventh and twelfth centuries , at Wells we have little or nothing ...
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... century Saint Dunstan built a stone church at Glastonbury to the east of the old wooden church of British times . ( 14 ) The churches both of Wells and Glastonbury must have been built in the old Roman- esque style of England which ...
... century Saint Dunstan built a stone church at Glastonbury to the east of the old wooden church of British times . ( 14 ) The churches both of Wells and Glastonbury must have been built in the old Roman- esque style of England which ...
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... century . But it is certain that the way of appointing Bishops in those days was very uncer- tain . ( 16 ) It is clear that no Bishop could be conse- crated without the King's consent , and that it was by a document under the King's ...
... century . But it is certain that the way of appointing Bishops in those days was very uncer- tain . ( 16 ) It is clear that no Bishop could be conse- crated without the King's consent , and that it was by a document under the King's ...
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... century , and , if the names given to them are trustworthy , Bishop Jocelin , when he rebuilt the church , must have made new tombs for his predecessors , a thing which some- times was done . But when we get to Duduc , we are getting ...
... century , and , if the names given to them are trustworthy , Bishop Jocelin , when he rebuilt the church , must have made new tombs for his predecessors , a thing which some- times was done . But when we get to Duduc , we are getting ...
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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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