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Buckfast Abbey: History, Art and Architecture
Peter Beacham
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Description for Buckfast Abbey: History, Art and Architecture
Hardcover. As Buckfast Abbey prepares to celebrate its millennium in 2018, this new book chronicles the remarkable history of this famous English abbey. Essays by a dozen distinguished historians explore Buckfast's Saxon origins, its medieval architecture, the rebuilding, its silver, metalwork and art. Editor(s): Beacham, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, 260 illustrations in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; AGR; AMN; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 250. .
As Buckfast Abbey prepares to celebrate its millennium in 2018, this new book chronicles the remarkable history of this famous English abbey, today both home to a self-sufficient community of Benedictine monks and a site that welcomes some half a million visitors to south Devon each year. The first monastery was founded in 1018 and absorbed into the Cistercian order in 1147, but was dissolved during the Reformation. The site fell into disrepair, and in the early 19th century a Gothic-style mansion was built on the abbey ruins. A group of exiled French Benedictine monks settled at Buckfast in 1882 ... Read more
As Buckfast Abbey prepares to celebrate its millennium in 2018, this new book chronicles the remarkable history of this famous English abbey, today both home to a self-sufficient community of Benedictine monks and a site that welcomes some half a million visitors to south Devon each year. The first monastery was founded in 1018 and absorbed into the Cistercian order in 1147, but was dissolved during the Reformation. The site fell into disrepair, and in the early 19th century a Gothic-style mansion was built on the abbey ruins. A group of exiled French Benedictine monks settled at Buckfast in 1882 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781858946504
SKU
V9781858946504
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-30
About Peter Beacham
Peter Beacham is an Anglican priest who was formerly Heritage Protection Director for English Heritage. He is a member of the Architectural Panel of the National Trust and the author of the revised edition of the Cornwall volume in the Pevsner 'Buildings of England' series (2014).
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