Lambeth Palace : A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury and Their Houses

by Tatton-Brown, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780281053476
• ISBN10: 0281053472
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian

Summary

Lambeth Palace has been the London home of the Archbishops of Canterbury for almost 1,000 years. This lavishly illustrated history chronicles the story of this magnificent residence, and the other residences of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury	vii
Preface and Acknowledgements	ix
Archbishops of Canterbury	xi
The Anglo-Saxon Archbishopric	1	(9)
From Lanfranc to Becket	10	(9)
From Baldwin to Langton	19	(10)
The Thirteenth Century	29	(9)
The Fourteenth Century	38	(9)
The Fifteenth Century	47	(12)
The Sixteenth Century	59	(11)
The Seventeenth Century	70	(11)
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	81	(13)
The Twentieth Century	94	(12)
Appendix I: The Parliamentary Survey of 1647	106	(3)
Appendix II: Reconstructing Lambeth Palace Before 1830	109	(4)
Select Bibliography	113	(2)
Index	115