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Article EXTRACT FROM HENRY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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Extract From Henry's History Of England.
"Building churches and monasteries being still believed to be one of the most effectual means of obtain i ng the pardon of sin and tho favour of Heaven , prodigious numbers of both were built in Britain , in tire thirteenth and fourteenth centime ? . In the reign of Henry III . alone , no fewer than one hundred and fift -seven abbeys , priories , and other religious houses were founded in E rgland . '" " Many of the cathedral and conventual churches were lt . loftyand magnificent fabrics
very rge , , , which were raised at a very great expense of labour , time , and money . Of this a careful inspection of the ca hedrals of York , Salisbury , Litchfield , Worcester , Gloucester , Ely , Winchester , and several others which were built at that period will afford the most satisfactory proof ; and , at the same time will give the clearest ideas of the style of sacred architecture which theu prevailed . This style was what is commonly called the lighter gothic , with some variations . In the thirteenth century the fashionable
pillars in churches were of Purbic marble , very slender and round , encompassed with marble shafts a little detached , having each a capital adorned with foliage , which joining , formed one elegant capital for the whole pillar . The windows were long and narrow , with pointed arches ancl painted glass , which was introduced about that time , or at least became more common . In this century , also , they began to delight in lofty steepleswith ires and innaclesIn the fourteenth century
, sp p . the pillars consisted of an assemblge of shafts , not detached , but united , forming one solid and elegant column ; the windows , especially those in the east and west ends , were greatly enlarged , divided into several lights , by stone mullions running into ramifications above , and formino ;
numerous compartments m various fanciful shapes . Those windows , filled with stained glass of the most lively colours , vepresenting kmss , saints , and martyrs , and their histories , made a most solemn and glorious appearance . There were several other variations , especially in the taste ofthe carvings and other ornaments , which are too minute for general history . t " The opulence of the clergy ancl zeal of the laity furnished ample
funds for building so great a number of magnificent churches , monasteries , and religious houses , that it was with great difficulty workmen could be procured to execute those pious works . The popes , for very obvious reasons , favoured the erection and endowment of churches and convents , and granted many indulgences by their bulls to the Society of Masons , in order to increase their numbers . These indulgences produced their full effect in those superstitious times , and that
Society became very numerous , and raised a prodigious multitude of magnificent churches about this time in several counties : for , ( as we are told b y one who was well acquainted with their history ancl constitution ) , the Italians , with some Greek refugees , ancl with them French , Germans , ancl Flemings , joined into a Fraternity of Architects , procuring Papal bulls for their encouragement ancl particular privileges : They styled themselves Freemasonsand ranged from one nation to
, another , as they found churches to be built ; for very many in those ages were every where in building , through piety and emulation . Their government was regular ; and when thev fixed near tlie building in hand , they made a camp of huts . A surveyor governed in chief ; every
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Extract From Henry's History Of England.
"Building churches and monasteries being still believed to be one of the most effectual means of obtain i ng the pardon of sin and tho favour of Heaven , prodigious numbers of both were built in Britain , in tire thirteenth and fourteenth centime ? . In the reign of Henry III . alone , no fewer than one hundred and fift -seven abbeys , priories , and other religious houses were founded in E rgland . '" " Many of the cathedral and conventual churches were lt . loftyand magnificent fabrics
very rge , , , which were raised at a very great expense of labour , time , and money . Of this a careful inspection of the ca hedrals of York , Salisbury , Litchfield , Worcester , Gloucester , Ely , Winchester , and several others which were built at that period will afford the most satisfactory proof ; and , at the same time will give the clearest ideas of the style of sacred architecture which theu prevailed . This style was what is commonly called the lighter gothic , with some variations . In the thirteenth century the fashionable
pillars in churches were of Purbic marble , very slender and round , encompassed with marble shafts a little detached , having each a capital adorned with foliage , which joining , formed one elegant capital for the whole pillar . The windows were long and narrow , with pointed arches ancl painted glass , which was introduced about that time , or at least became more common . In this century , also , they began to delight in lofty steepleswith ires and innaclesIn the fourteenth century
, sp p . the pillars consisted of an assemblge of shafts , not detached , but united , forming one solid and elegant column ; the windows , especially those in the east and west ends , were greatly enlarged , divided into several lights , by stone mullions running into ramifications above , and formino ;
numerous compartments m various fanciful shapes . Those windows , filled with stained glass of the most lively colours , vepresenting kmss , saints , and martyrs , and their histories , made a most solemn and glorious appearance . There were several other variations , especially in the taste ofthe carvings and other ornaments , which are too minute for general history . t " The opulence of the clergy ancl zeal of the laity furnished ample
funds for building so great a number of magnificent churches , monasteries , and religious houses , that it was with great difficulty workmen could be procured to execute those pious works . The popes , for very obvious reasons , favoured the erection and endowment of churches and convents , and granted many indulgences by their bulls to the Society of Masons , in order to increase their numbers . These indulgences produced their full effect in those superstitious times , and that
Society became very numerous , and raised a prodigious multitude of magnificent churches about this time in several counties : for , ( as we are told b y one who was well acquainted with their history ancl constitution ) , the Italians , with some Greek refugees , ancl with them French , Germans , ancl Flemings , joined into a Fraternity of Architects , procuring Papal bulls for their encouragement ancl particular privileges : They styled themselves Freemasonsand ranged from one nation to
, another , as they found churches to be built ; for very many in those ages were every where in building , through piety and emulation . Their government was regular ; and when thev fixed near tlie building in hand , they made a camp of huts . A surveyor governed in chief ; every