Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)
Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 139
rid about 720, and destroyedby fire in 741, rebuilt by Egbert (732-766), first Archbishop since Paiilinus, anddemolished by the Danes. Thomas of Bayeaux—chaplain to King William, andfirst Archbishop after the Conquest—rebuilt the church, but it was again burnt in1137—this time only partially—along… … Vofk Miiis.lcr. 133 liiin to begin any restoration. This work was taken in hand by Roger, his snccessor,wlio lived to finish the Norman choir, and the crypt of which we now speak. The chapter-house, by some considered the gem of all, is octagonal in shapewith no central pillar, a window on each…
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