Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great Britain
- Yazar
- Home, Beatrice
- Tür
- Mimarlık ve Tasarım
- Yayın tarihi
- 2017-08-28
- Yayıncı
- OBA Akademik ve Kültürel Yayın Platformu
- Biçim
- E-kitap
- Fiyat
- Ücretsiz
- Anahtar kelimeler
- Palaces -- Great Britain, DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe, NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
Kısa tanıtım
"Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great Britain" by Beatrice Home is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work examines the various royal palaces across Great Britain, highlighting their architectural significance and the historical events that took place within their walls throughout the centuries. The narrative is framed to provide readers with not only the grandeur of these institutions but also their shifting roles through time, responding to the changing needs of the monarchy. The opening of the book delves into the history of Westminster Palace, once the royal residence of English Kings from the time of Edward the Confessor to Henry VIII. It details its significance as a central hub for royal festivities, its architectural evolution, and the calamities that led to its decline, including multiple devastating fires. The narrative outlines a vivid image of the bustling life within the palace and the various craftsmen, officials, and courtiers who made it their home, showcasing Westminster not just as a building but as a microcosm of royal life in medieval England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Hazırlayanlar: Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Kaynak: Project Gutenberg (eBook 55450). Public domain in the USA. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55450
Önizleme
"Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great Britain" by Beatrice Home is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work examines the various royal palaces across Great Britain, highlighting their architectural significance and the historical events that took place within their walls throughout the centuries. The narrative is framed to provide readers with not only the grandeur of these institutions but also their shifting roles through time, responding to the changing needs of the monarchy. The opening of the book delves into the history of Westminster Palace, once the royal residence of English Kings from the time of Edward the Confessor to Henry VIII. It details its significance as a central hub for royal festivities, its architectural evolution, and the calamities that led to its decline, including multiple devastating fires. The narrative outlines a vivid image of the bustling
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