Lyndal Roper

Arthur Burns

Lecturer in Modern British History Arthur Burns

Joanna Innes

Burns, Arthur R. Burns

Fellow and Tutor in Modern History Joanna Innes

Revisits Britain's much-studied 'age of reform', before and after the Great Reform Act of 1832.

Britain 1780-1850

Rethinking the Age of Reform

The present St Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren's masterpiece, is the fourth religious building to occupy the site. Its location in the heart of the capital reflects its importance in the English church while the photographs of it burning during the Blitz forms one of the most powerful and familiar images of London during recent times. This substantial and richly illustrated study, published to mark the 1,400th anniversary of St Paul's, presents 42 scholarly contributions which approach the cathedral from a range of perspectives. All are supported by photographs, illustrations and plans of the exterior and interior of St Paul's, both past and present. Eight essays discuss the history of St Paul's, demonstrating the role of the cathedral in the formation of England's church and state from the 7th century onwards; nine essays examine the organisation and function of the cathedral during the Middle Ages, looking at, for example, the arrangement of the precinct, the tombs, the Dean's household during the 15th century, the liturgy and the archaeology. The remaining papers examine many aspects of Wren's cathedral, including its construction, fittings and embellishments, its estates and income, music and rituals, its place in London, its library, its role in the book trade and its reputation.

The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004

St. Paul's

Lecturer in Modern British History Arthur Burns

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