Author talk and signing: Nicholas Orme
'The History of England's Cathedrals'
Author talk and signing: Nicholas Orme
Location: Lincoln Museum Auditorium
Time: 7pm Thursday 29 February 2024
Tickets: £7, £24 single with book, £27 couple with book*
'The History of England's Cathedrals'
Lindum Books is pleased to welcome Nicholas Orme to Lincoln to discuss his new title 'The History of England's Cathedrals', newly published in paperback.
This is the first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds, to Worcester and York Minster from the author of 'Going to Church in Medieval England'. England’s sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and visitors every year. Yet although much has been written about their architecture, there is no complete history of their life and activities. This is the first such book to provide one, stretching from Roman times to the present day. 'The History of England’s Cathedrals' explains where and why they were founded, who staffed them, and how their structures evolved. It describes their worship and how this changed over the centuries, their schools and libraries and their links with the outside world. The history of these astonishing buildings is the history of England. Reading this book will bring you face to face with the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans, the Reformation, Civil War, Victorian England, World War Two, and finally modern democracy.
Nicholas Orme is emeritus professor of history at Exeter University. He has written more than thirty books on the religious and social history of England, including 'Medieval Children', 'Tudor Children', as well as 'Going to Church in Medieval England', which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.
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