Table of Contents

The Revival of Ceremonies
Building the Temple
Laud and the Renovation of the Cathedrals
College Chapels at Oxford and Cambridge
Furnishing the Church
Devotional Prose of the Laudian Movement
Devotional Poetry
Church Music of the Laudian Era
Sacrilege and Sanctity: Spelman and the Antiquaries
Conclusion

About the Author

GRAHAM PARRY is Professor of English and Related Literature at University of York, York, UK.

Reviews

Gives us a detailed and perceptive survey of a heretofore overlooked concatenation of religious arts in a seminal period in English church history.
*CHURCH HISTORY JOURNAL*

[A] thoughtful systematic analysis of the artistic contributions made during this brief, yet fruitful period.
*VIRGINIA SEMINARY JOURNAL*

[An] attractively illustrated, interdisciplinary study.
*ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY*

Will be warmly welcomed by scholars working on this period.
*LITERATURE & HISTORY*

A very readable and well-informed new book.
*DAILY TELEGRAPH*

Graham Parry's narrative is learned, cogent, and, as we have come to expect of him, characteristically eloquent.
*SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEWS*