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The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Winchester
The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Winchester Author:John Britton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1817 Original Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Subjects: Church buildings Cathedrals Church architecture Architecture / General Architecture / History / General Architecture / Religious Buildings Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the ... more »original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ntiquittea WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL CHURCH. First Establishment Of Christianity In Britain : Inquiry Into The Reality And Sovereignty Of Lucius : -- Establishment Of A See At Winchester: -- The Extent And Influence Of Its Dominion: -- History Of The Foundation And Successive Alterations Of The Cathedral, Through The Dynasty Of The Kings Of The West Saxons To The Period Of The Norman Conquest. Jt is not easy, nor would it be desirable, to examine the Cathedral of Winchester without connecting it with eminent men and memorable events of former ages. Its history, indeed, is intimately blended with that of the nation; and its annals embrace many facts and relations which cannot fail to interest the feelings of the philosopher, the Christian, the historian, and the antiquary. As connected with the disputable and uncertain primary establishment of Christianity in Britain -- as the temple wherein its benign doctrines were promulgated to Britons and Romans -- and as the place of coronation and sepulture of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo- Norman monarch, the Cathedral of Winchester is eminently important. In reviewing its early history we are, however, constantly perplexed inthe mazes of fable, tradition, and probable narrative; and feel extreme difficulty in discriminating the one from the other, and rendering our account rational, satisfactory, and authentic. From the earliest period to the dissolution of the ...« less