The Lantern Tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010: Reconstructing its History and Architecture

by Warwick Rodwell

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Westminster Abbey is one of the most important and well-known medieval buildings in Europe but, despite being studied by generations of scholars, there is still much to learn about its history and architecture.



The lantern over the centre of the church is a case in point. Edward the Confessor built a great tower here, which is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. When Henry III was rebuilding the Abbey in the 1250s, a new tower was begun which was to have dominated the Westminster skyline, but it was never finished and 150 years later an octagonal lantern...Read more
  • ISBN10 1842177613
  • ISBN13 9781842177617
  • Publish Date 20 May 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxbow Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 112
  • Language English