St Paul's Cathedral Before Wren
- ISBN-10
- 1848020562
- ISBN-13
- 9781848020566
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Historic England Publishing
- Authors
- John Schofield, Ian M. Betts
Description
This is the first ever comprehensive account of the archaeology and history of the cathedral and its churchyard from Roman times up to the construction of the Wren building. The cathedrals which preceded that of Wren come to the surface again, and we can appreciate the cultural and religiousimportance of St Paul's over more than 1000 years.
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