Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale - Dr Paul A. Fox

Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale

A History of the Canterbury Cloister, Constructed 1408-14, with Some Account of the Donors and their Coats of Arms

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Buch | Softcover
682 Seiten
2020
Archaeopress (Verlag)
978-1-78969-331-7 (ISBN)
79,95 inkl. MwSt
A new study of the heraldry, genealogy and history of the Canterbury Cathedral cloister, this book is the first comprehensive study of this monument ever undertaken. It provides a detailed chronology and details on the 856 heraldic shields, badges and devices, representing some 365 families, principalities, religious foundations and individuals.
Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale presents a new study of the heraldry, genealogy and history of the Canterbury Cathedral cloister. It is the first comprehensive and complete study of this monument ever undertaken, and it provides a detailed chronology as well as many new insights into the families who were donors. The monument is revealed to have been the personal project of Archbishop Thomas Arundel (d.1414), an individual closely connected with the overthrow of King Richard II. The work as a whole provides considerable insights into the revolution of 1399 and the troubled reign of Henry IV as seen through the lens of individual families.


The cloister, as originally conceived, contained 856 heraldic shields, badges and devices of which 576 were unique. Some 365 families, principalities, religious foundations and other individuals both real and imagined were represented, some with more than one shield or device. More precisely, there were 252 families, 51 peerage families, 3 English royal families (Lancaster, York and Beaufort), 20 principalities, 12 religious foundations, 9 bishops, 7 saints, 3 heroes, 4 cities or towns, 2 priests, 1 monk and 1 for God himself (in the form of the Holy Trinity). The origins and evolution of each shield represented are considered in detail.

Dr Paul A. Fox, FHS, FSA is a retired consultant physician, medical researcher and university lecturer. He is the honorary editor of Coat of Arms: Journal of the Heraldry Society, a former Chairman of the Heraldry Society, and an Academician of the Académie Internationale d’Héraldique.

Foreword by His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal



Explanation of shield numbers



Introduction



History of the Cloister’s construction
Dating the cloister



Thomas Arundel as Archbishop of Canterbury



The Cloister as a roll of arms
The Bay of Reconciliation (Bay 30)
The Royal Bay (Bay 32)
The Arundel Family Bay (Bay 33)
Lollards in the cloister
The English Cardinals
Other bishops and monks
Religious foundations
The Archbishop’s friends
Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen
The last bay
The lost paper record of the Cloister Roll



Problems of the sources
Willement’s Three Sources
Incorrect repainting



Heraldry in the era of the Cloister
Heraldic authority
Ricardian innovations
Female arms
Cadency marks
King Henry IV



The lost shields
Bay 1
Bay 10
Bay 11
Bay 12
Bay 15
Bay 17
Bay 20
Bay 25
Bay 26
Bay 29



Bibliography



Alphabetical list of shields



Numerical list of shields



The shields

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort Edward Fitzalan-Howard
Zusatzinfo 759 illustrations, full colour throughout
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 205 x 290 mm
Gewicht 2475 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10 1-78969-331-4 / 1789693314
ISBN-13 978-1-78969-331-7 / 9781789693317
Zustand Neuware
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