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This unique study shows how the aristocracy and gentry provided their houses with places of worship after the upheavals of the Reformation. Dr Ricketts makes illuminating discoveries, explodes deeply-rooted misconceptions, and shows how, by the end of the 17th century, and after many false starts, a new and more enduring form of private Protestant chapel had evolved as a fundamental part of the English country house. Before her untimely death in 2003, the architectural historian Annabel Ricketts had made the study of the 16th- and 17th-century private chapel her own. Under the editorship of her husband, Simon Ricketts; and academic friends and colleagues have helped adapt her doctoral thesis for a wider readership without diluting its scholarly value. The study ranges across a number of disciplines - social, ecclesiastical, decorative, and architectural - and adds greatly to the understanding of the English country house.

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Book category Books in English The arts Architecture Residential buildings, domestic buildings

• Full title: English Country House Chapel
• Subtitle: Building a Protestant Tradition
• Author: A. Ricketts
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 348
• EAN: 9781904965053
• ID: 05024744
• Publisher: Spire Books Ltd
• Weight: 1420 g
• Dimensions: 255 × 195 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. December 2007

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