Quakers and their Meeting Houses

Skidmore, Chris

Historic England（2021/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 176 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781800857209
• DDC分類 726.5896

Full Description

This book provides a fascinating account of the architecture and historical development of the Quaker meeting house from the foundation of the movement to the twenty-first century. The Quaker meeting house is a distinctive building type used as a place of worship by members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Starting with buildings of the late-seventeenth century, the book maps how the changing beliefs and practices of Quakers over the last 350 years have affected the architecture of the meeting house. The buildings considered are illustrated, predominantly in colour, and are from England, Scotland and Wales, with some consideration of colonial American examples. The book commences with an introduction which provides an accessible account of the early history of Quakerism and it concludes with a consideration of whether there is a Quaker architectural style and of what it might consist.

Contents

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: BUILDINGS OF UTMOST SIMPLICITYEarly meeting houses to 1715: Part 1Chapter 2: THE VAIN FASHIONS OF THIS WORLDEarly meeting houses to 1715: Part 2Chapter 3: A SUBDUED BUT NOT SILENT COMMUNITYQuaker buildings 1715-1815Chapter 4: A TURBULENT CENTURYQuaker buildings 1815-1915Chapter 5: INTO THE MODERN AGE AND BEYONDQuaker buildings 1915-2020Chapter 6: QUAKER ARCHITECTUREBibliographyGlossary of architectural termsGlossary of Quaker termsGazeteer of listed Meeting HousesIndex