1st Edition

Reflections on the Puritan Revolution

By A.L. Rowse Copyright 1986
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (1986) examines the damage done by the Puritans during the English Civil War, and the enormous artistic losses England suffered from their activities. The Puritans smashed stained glass, monuments, sculpture, brasses in cathedrals and churches; they destroyed organs, dispersed the choirs and the music. They sold the King’s art collections, pictures,... Read more

Revolution.  1. The Attack on the Cathedrals  2. Colleges, Chapels, Parish Churches  3. Palaces, Castles, Mansions  4. Works of Art  5. Music and Theatre  6. Poets and Persons  7. Ideology  8. The Ruined Age

Biography

A.L. Rowse