Editors' Preface
At the Heart of Medieval London: The New Temple in the Middle Ages
- Helen J. Nicholson
Gothic Architecture Transplanted: The Nave of the London Temple
Church - Christopher Wilson
Light and Pure: The Templars' New Choir - Virginia Jansen
Medieval Burials and Monuments - David Park
The Thirteenth-Century Military Effigies in the Temple Church -
Philip J Lankester
'An Enrichment of Cherubims': Christopher Wren's Refurbishment of
the Temple Church - Robin Griffith-Jones
'A neat structure with pillars': Changing Perceptions of the Temple
Church in the Long Eighteenth Century - Rosemary H Sweet
Restoration and Recrimination: The Temple Church in the Nineteenth
Century - William Whyte
'The latter Glory of this House': Some Details of Damage and
Repair, 1840-1941 - Robin Griffith-Jones
Professor, Courtauld Institute of Art Professor, Courtauld Institute of Art
A major strength of the volume is the number and quality of its
illustrations, which both aid the reader in his or her
understanding of the text and make available a range of antiquarian
material never before published.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*
Charged full of absorbing detail, resulting from the considerable
standard of scholarship with which each author enriches the whole.
[...] A declared objective for this publication was to fill the
perceived gap in scholarly attention paid to this iconic London
church. This has been achieved in full measure, and it is also an
important statement of current scholarship in the field of medieval
monuments.
*CHURCH MONUMENTS*
[A] remarkable and well-produced collection. [...] It is impossible
in a short review to do justice to the book's riches, but one can
confidently say that every reader of Ecclesiology Today will find
something to interest, inform or challenge here.
*ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY*
Probably the most important publication about Temple Church in
recent years. [...] From an architectural and art-historical point
of view this is an important scholarly publication.
*MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY*
The diverse and complementary essays of this well-illustrated book
represent a considerable achievement in raising from obscurity the
history of this remarkable building.
*THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE*
A marvellously thorough treatment of almost every aspect of the
history of the Temple church. It is revisionist and it is
historiographic, and it is well supported by over a hundred
black-and-white plates, as well as twelve colour plates; it
generally deserves the highest praise. [...] The richness of the
Temple church's history has never lacked for investigators - but
none have been so thorough as those in the present volume.
*THE RICARDIAN*
This fine and well-illustrated volume covers all these developments
in great detail; it is a tribute to the energy and scholarship of
the Master of the Temple, Robin Griffith-Jones, and his fellow
editor, David Park.
*TLS*
These scholarly conference proceedings discuss the church's design,
functions and complex structural history, and also the famous but
sadly battered group of 13th century military effigies which lies
within. Fascinating detail too on the Templars' lifestyle, liturgy,
and banking and legal services.
*BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY*
A splendid new book.
*DAILY TELEGRAPH*
Serious students and tourist guides must buy this book.
*THE FRIENDS OF CITY CHURCHES NEWSLETTER*
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