English Architecture: Making England in the Shadow of Rome, 410-1130 - Simon Thurley

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  • čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
  • When the English nation rose out of the ruins of the Roman Province of Britannia, people remained obsessed with their Roman past. Seismic social and political change in 1066 barely upset the vision of patrons and architects and Rome remained England's cultural capital driving the imagination of its architects.
    This is a part if the series of lectures, 'God, Caesar and Robin Hood: How the Middle Ages were Built':
    The English Middle Ages saw the construction of some of the world's greatest buildings, structures that still shape our towns, cities and countryside and mould our national identity. These four lectures give a controversial new view of how medieval England was built starting with the departure of the Romans and ending with the Reformation.
    The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
    www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...
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Komentáře • 24

  • @mustacheglasses5765
    @mustacheglasses5765 Před 9 lety +12

    Wasn't able to watch, only listen. I still enjoyed the lecture very much. Thank you for posting it.

  • @user-ir3er5gn5n
    @user-ir3er5gn5n Před 7 lety +24

    This is a brilliant lecture. Informative as it was said before and impressive at the same time. Thank you very much!

  • @GreshamCollege
    @GreshamCollege  Před 11 lety +9

    Good question!
    No, it's not a picture of Westminster Abbey; it's actually a Norman abbey in France, Jumièges.
    Apologies for our edit of the lecture making this rather misleading at that point!

  • @gypcromania
    @gypcromania Před 12 lety +15

    This Simon Thurley is outstanding! What a wonderful mind;
    combined with charisma, spot on visual presentation and on a subject area that is to my knowledge often overlooked.
    As a Novice Writer of Medieval History, I am passionate about vividly creating the World of which I am writing about. This helped so much.

  • @MrTorleon
    @MrTorleon Před 8 lety +9

    A fascinating and informative lecture, presented in an exuberant but meticulous manner - wonderful !

  • @bretdouglas9407
    @bretdouglas9407 Před 7 lety +4

    I love this time period. Another great Gresham lecture. Thanks

  • @BillKing8888
    @BillKing8888 Před 5 lety +6

    Very helpful. Filled in a gap I had no idea even existed! (Blame Lord Macaulay for that - "huts of a miserable peasantry".) Thanks for posting.

  • @katarzynapracuch5050
    @katarzynapracuch5050 Před 8 lety +5

    it was brilliant, thank you so much! need more

  • @ikkoikki
    @ikkoikki Před 12 lety +10

    "Edward the Confessor, the last Saxon King", what of Harold Godwinson?

  • @AbandonedNorthJersey
    @AbandonedNorthJersey Před 12 lety +7

    According to Jones` Geographical Grammar 1772 The best preserved Roman building called Arthur`s Oven once stood in Scotland and was torn down in 1700 the stones of the Roman building being used to build a dam .

  • @J-IFWBR
    @J-IFWBR Před 5 lety +4

    thank you for sharing this amazing content

  • @daniellezykowska981
    @daniellezykowska981 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for uploading.

  • @TS50ER
    @TS50ER Před 12 lety +2

    A very interesting lecture. I thank you.

  • @andrewwalker7341
    @andrewwalker7341 Před 4 lety

    What a fantastic lecture.

  • @alpeintureparis
    @alpeintureparis Před 8 lety +1

    wonderful

  • @maoldhomhnaigh
    @maoldhomhnaigh Před 11 lety +2

    Brilliant lecture. One question: 33:19 is that Westminster Abbey??

  • @Infamous41
    @Infamous41 Před 4 lety +1

    Wont evolution force u to change it that way since it the most practical way of building?

  • @BillKing8888
    @BillKing8888 Před 5 lety +2

    Was Bede really England's first historian? Surely other monks or scholars wrote things down in the 250-odd years between Rome and Bede.

  • @BenLawrenceWriter
    @BenLawrenceWriter Před 11 lety +3

    castles rock

  • @apexxxx10
    @apexxxx10 Před 11 lety +3

    Thank you. Better han BBC!
    Nec Plus Ultra
    BangkokJohnny
    Royaume de Thailande

  • @stanislaupihulski3190
    @stanislaupihulski3190 Před 5 lety +3

    Вот что нужно смотреть, что бы подтянуть английский.

  • @mavisemberson8737
    @mavisemberson8737 Před 5 lety +2

    Rome was not really the centre of the Christian world. The Pope was one of the Patriarchs of the Church . Antioch Jerusalem Alexandria had been the older Patriarchates and later Constantinople.
    The connection was not really lost. An Archbishop of Canterbury was from Antioch and made very great changes to the AngloSaxon Church Theodore of Tarsus. 668. Though from the East he was sent by the Bishop of Rome to take over Canterbury.