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The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops

King, R. J. (Richard John), 1818-1879· 12 chapters· 55,862 words

I. Until the year 1539, Gloucester Cathedral was the church of a mitred Benedictine abbey, which ranked among the wealthiest and most important in England. In 1539 the abbey was surrendered; and in 1541 its church became the cathedral of the newly established bishopric of Glou...

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11. PART I.

I. The chief authorities for the architectural history of Worcester Cathedral are--the Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, and the _Annales Ecclesiæ Wygorniensis_, compiled by a...

7. PART I.

I. The very interesting cathedral of Hereford, which represents an episcopal see existing, it is possible, before the arrival of St. Augustine, (see Pt. II.,) has suffered much...

3. PART I.

I. Until the year 1539, Gloucester Cathedral was the church of a mitred Benedictine abbey, which ranked among the wealthiest and most important in England. In 1539 the abbey was...

12. PART II.

Worcester was one of five episcopal dioceses into which the great Mercian province was divided during the archiepiscopate of Theodorus of Canterbury, (A.D. 668-690). Peada, son...

8. PART II.

Archbishop Usher asserts that Hereford was the place of an episcopal see in the first half of the sixth century, when (A.D. 544) one of its bishops was present at a synod conven...

4. PART II.

Very ancient traditions, which were accepted as facts throughout the Middle Ages, connected Gloucester with the first introduction of Christianity to Roman Britain. It was said...

6. PART II.

2. PART II.

9. PART I.

PAGE HISTORY AND DATES 3 GENERAL CHARACTER 7 NORTH PORCH 8 NAVE 10 WESTERN BAYS 10 TRIFORIUM 10 CLERESTORY 14 NAVE VAULTING 15 SOUTH NAVE AISLE 16 NORTH NAVE AISLE 18 CENTRAL TO...

5. PART I.

1. PART I.

10. PART II.

HISTORY OF SEE 58 SAXON BISHOPS, OSWALD--WOLFSTAN--LIVING--ALDRED--WOLFSTAN II. 59-62 LIST OF BISHOPS FROM 1096 TO 1861 67-81 MAUGER--CANTILUPE 68, 69 GIFFARD 70 CARPENTER 73 LA...