Treasures of Westminster Abbey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasures of Westminster Abbey write by Tony Trowles. This book was released on 2018. Treasures of Westminster Abbey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. - New edition of this exploration of one of Britain's greatest buildings - A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated survey of Westminster Abbey's art treasures Westminster Abbey has a history stretching back over a thousand years. Founded as a Benedictine monastery in the mid-tenth century, it is the coronation church where monarchs have been crowned amid great splendor since 1066. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is a treasure house of architectural and artistic achievement on which each succeeding century has left its mark. The medieval and Renaissance tombs within the Abbey, though among the most important in Europe, form only a small part of the extraordinary collection of gravestones, memorials and monumental sculpture for which it has long been famous. Ranging from the thirteenth-century shrine of St Edward and the Renaissance splendor of Henry VII's Lady Chapel, to the literary memorials of Poets' Corner and the statues of twentieth-century martyrs on the Abbey's west front, this book describes the stained glass, furniture, sculpture, textiles, wall paintings and many other historic artefacts found within this remarkable church. Contents: Introduction; Edward the Confessor's Chapel; Sacrarium and High Altar; Quire and Crossing; North Transept and Ambulatory; South Ambulatory and Transept; Nave; Lady Chapel; Cloisters; Abbey Precincts.
Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals
Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals write by E. M. Palmegiano. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals, complete with a detailed subject index, reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press. Drawn from a wide range of publications representing diverse political, economic, religious, social and literary views, this book contains over 4,500 entries, and features extracts from over forty nineteenth-century periodicals. The articles cataloged offer a thorough and influential analysis of their journalistic milieu, presenting statistics on sales and descriptions of advertising, passing judgment on space allocations, pinpointing different readerships, and identifying individuals who engaged with the press either exclusively or occasionally. Most importantly, the bibliography demonstrates that columnists routinely articulated ideas about the purpose of the press, yet rarely recognized the illogic of prioritizing public good and private profit simultaneously, thus highlighting implicitly a universal characteristic of journalism: its fractious, ambiguous, conflicting behavior.
The London and Westminster Review
The London and Westminster Review - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The London and Westminster Review write by . This book was released on 1835. The London and Westminster Review available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Dramas at Westminster
Dramas at Westminster - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dramas at Westminster write by Marc Geddes. This book was released on 2019-12-06. Dramas at Westminster available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Based on unprecedented access to the UK Parliament, this book challenges how we understand and think about accountability between government and Parliament. Drawing on three months of research in Westminster, and over forty-five interviews, this book focuses on the everyday practices of Members of Parliament and officials to reveal how parliamentarians perform their scrutiny roles. Some MPs become specialists while others act as lone wolves; some are there to try to defend their party while others want to learn about policy. Amongst these different styles, chairs of committees have to try to reconcile these interpretations and either act as committee-orientated catalysts or attempt to impose order as leadership-orientated chieftains. All of this pushes and pulls scrutiny in competing directions, and tells us that accountability depends on individual beliefs, everyday practices and the negotiation of dilemmas. In this way, MPs and officials create a drama or spectacle of accountability and use their performance on the parliamentary stage to hold government to account. Dramas at Westminster: Select committees and the quest for accountability offers the most up-to-date and detailed research on committee practices in the House of Commons, following a range of reforms since 2010.
All Aboard the London Bus
All Aboard the London Bus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook All Aboard the London Bus write by Patricia Toht. This book was released on 2022-05-24. All Aboard the London Bus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Come! Board the London Bus and see the London sights with us. At any time, hop off, explore! Then climb back on, and ride some more… As a family of four spend a day exploring London, fun, child-friendly poems introduce readers to our wonderful capital city, and all its secrets. Well-known landmarks like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the London Eye, plus inescapable features like rain and taking tea, all get Patty Toht's witty treatment. Non-fiction facts provide more information about the poetry subjects, while rising star Sam Usher brings them to life with his signature style and humour. This gorgeous celebration of London will be loved by both tourists and those who call the city home.
