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This unique study shows how the aristocracy and gentry provided their houses with places of worship after the upheavals of the Reformation. Dr Ricketts makes illuminating discoveries, explodes deeply-rooted misconceptions, and shows how, by the end of the 17th century, and after many false starts, a new and more enduring form of private Protestant chapel had evolved as a fundamental part of the English country house. Before her untimely death in 2003, the architectural historian Annabel Ricketts had made the study of the 16th- and 17th-century private chapel her own. Under the editorship of her husband, Simon Ricketts, academic friends and colleagues have helped adapt her doctoral thesis for a wider readership without diluting its scholarly value. The study ranges across a number of discaplines - social, ecclesiastical, decorative, and architectural - and adds greatly to the understanding of the English country house. Impressively full of good material and interesting insights: a window into an all too forgotten world - Marcus Binney Richly rewarding .... Immensely valuable as a study not only of buildings but of the English landed classes as they recast their spiritual and national identity through centuries of intermittent crisis - Rosemary Hill, Spectator Not only a welcome addition to the standard literature of the English country house but a fitting memorial to a remarkable scholar. - John Goodall, Country Life
A fine work in a fascinating and mostly untapped field
An invaluable addition to the study of domestic architecture
A fascinating and entirely original book, both in the depth of its research and in the open-minded complexity of its arguments.
Chapels Soc Newsletter: "Masterly unfolding of chapel development and transformation.
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