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Cl-TAP. I.
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLANP.
843
BOOK VIII.
ENGLAND.
CHAPTEE I.
COHTENTS.
Sason buildings : Norman — Canterbury — Other Norman Catheclrals : Early
English—■ Salisbury — Westminster Abbey—Windows—Styles of Tracery :
Edwardian Style — Wells ■—York — Ely — St. Stephen’s Chapel — Wooden
Roofs : Tudor Style—Royal Chapels.
CI-IRONOLOCtY.
DATES.
William I. Accessiou, a.d. 1066
Henry I. . 1100
Henry II. „ . . 1154
Richard I. „ . . 1189
DATES.
Edward I. Accession, a.d. 12T2
Edward II. „ . . lSOT
Edward III. „ . . 1326
Richard II. „ . . 13TT
dates.
Henry VI. Accession, a.d. 1422
Richard III. „ . . 1483
Henry VII. „ . . 1485
Henry VIII. „ . . 1509
Tiie history o£ Gothic architecture in England has of late years
occnpied the attention of so many competent persons, and heen
written so fully and in such a variety of forms, that little that is
new remains to he said on the snhject. Such a mass of information,
hoth scientific and. popular, is to he found in the works of Britton
and the elder Pngin, with those of Bickman, Willis, Sharpe, and
others, that there are few points on which the student may not easily
satisfy himself.
It is true that a general and complete account of the style is still a
desideratum, and one which it is impossihle to attempt to supply in
snch a work as this. All that can be done is to place the style in its
true light with reference to those already describecl, to point out those
peculiarities in which it resemhles ancl those in whicli it cliffers from
the Continental Gothic, ancl generally to assign to it its proper place
among the architectural creations of mankincl. At the same time the
mass of information respecting so many varieties of style given in the
preceding pages will enahle us to appreciate the true valne of our own,
ancl to unclerstand the prominent characteristics wliich distinguish it
from other cognate or contemporary styles.
As in all other countries of Europe, the style may he naturally
divided into two great hranches, the round arched ancl the pointed
arched. The former as easilv snhdivides itself into the Saxon and the
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLANP.
843
BOOK VIII.
ENGLAND.
CHAPTEE I.
COHTENTS.
Sason buildings : Norman — Canterbury — Other Norman Catheclrals : Early
English—■ Salisbury — Westminster Abbey—Windows—Styles of Tracery :
Edwardian Style — Wells ■—York — Ely — St. Stephen’s Chapel — Wooden
Roofs : Tudor Style—Royal Chapels.
CI-IRONOLOCtY.
DATES.
William I. Accessiou, a.d. 1066
Henry I. . 1100
Henry II. „ . . 1154
Richard I. „ . . 1189
DATES.
Edward I. Accession, a.d. 12T2
Edward II. „ . . lSOT
Edward III. „ . . 1326
Richard II. „ . . 13TT
dates.
Henry VI. Accession, a.d. 1422
Richard III. „ . . 1483
Henry VII. „ . . 1485
Henry VIII. „ . . 1509
Tiie history o£ Gothic architecture in England has of late years
occnpied the attention of so many competent persons, and heen
written so fully and in such a variety of forms, that little that is
new remains to he said on the snhject. Such a mass of information,
hoth scientific and. popular, is to he found in the works of Britton
and the elder Pngin, with those of Bickman, Willis, Sharpe, and
others, that there are few points on which the student may not easily
satisfy himself.
It is true that a general and complete account of the style is still a
desideratum, and one which it is impossihle to attempt to supply in
snch a work as this. All that can be done is to place the style in its
true light with reference to those already describecl, to point out those
peculiarities in which it resemhles ancl those in whicli it cliffers from
the Continental Gothic, ancl generally to assign to it its proper place
among the architectural creations of mankincl. At the same time the
mass of information respecting so many varieties of style given in the
preceding pages will enahle us to appreciate the true valne of our own,
ancl to unclerstand the prominent characteristics wliich distinguish it
from other cognate or contemporary styles.
As in all other countries of Europe, the style may he naturally
divided into two great hranches, the round arched ancl the pointed
arched. The former as easilv snhdivides itself into the Saxon and the