BISHOP TUNSTALL’S ALTERATIONS TO DURHAM CASTLE, 1536–48
| Autor: | Richard Pears |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology History 060102 archaeology Visual Arts and Performing Arts biology media_common.quotation_subject 06 humanities and the arts Pilgrimage Ancient history biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Symbol Politics Chapel 0601 history and archaeology Fortress (chess) Bishops computer 0105 earth and related environmental sciences computer.programming_language media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Antiquaries Journal. 99:161-185 |
| ISSN: | 1758-5309 0003-5815 |
| Popis: | Since its foundation in 1072 Durham Castle has served as a fortress, palace of the prince bishops of Durham and, from 1837, as a college of the University of Durham. Durham Castle was the bishops’ home and a symbol of their secular authority, whilst its proximity to the bishops’ ecclesiastical centre, Durham Cathedral, established spiritual and ceremonial roles for the castle. This paper will examine the major alterations made to Durham Castle by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall (bishop from 1530–59), including a new first-floor gallery, stair turret and chapel. A hitherto un-noted gunloop in the stair tower suggests that the turbulent political and religious events of his bishopric, particularly the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536, caused Tunstall to provide some defensive capability within what has previously been considered a purely domestic building programme. Analysis of the documented progress of building also dates the visit to Durham of the antiquarian John Leland to 1543, not 1538 as stated in the Victoria County History. |
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