London Churches Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from London Churches Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1: Medieval and Early RenaissanceBut yet there are remains of mediaeval times, which should be highly prized and carefull studied, and in which the history of English Gothic architecture may be read from the Nor man Conquest to its decline and fall under the Tudors, and, what is more, each representative of the styles through which it successively passed those beautiful gradations from Norman to Per pendicular, in which the germ of each develop ment is to be discovered in the antecedent work is the best of its kind.These I now desire to mention, in as brief and generalizing a manner as possible, by way of pre paration for a more detailed account in subse quent chapters, and to win for them the attention of such of my readers as may desire to visit them, either as an agreeable pastime or a profitable study, as their knowledge of ecclesiology may be more or less matured. This done, I shall proceed to trace the history of church-building in London from the era of Classicism, which commenced with that memorable event of 1666, through the period of debasement under the later Hanoverian rule to the time when it began once more to raise its head within the memory of many yet living.I may be allowed to state here that the expres sions Norman, Early English, Decorated and Per pendicular, as denoting the successive periods of English Gothic architecture, were, if not actually invented, always employed by those two pioneers in the study of its true principles, Thomas Rick man and John Henry Parker, and, if somewhat comprehensive, are at least very suggestive and appropriate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.