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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Architectural Styles is in Architecture.
Culture, General Things, Architecture, Architectural Styles, Early English Gothic
Around 1230. The West Facade of Peterborough Cathedral [Map]. Early English Gothic style. The three arches with Recesses unique.
Culture, General Things, Architecture, Architectural Styles, Fan Vaulting
Between 1496 and 1508 the New Building was added to Peterborough Cathedral [Map]. Constructed in the Perpendicular Gothic style with Fan Vaulting. The vaulting is believed to have been designed by John Wastell.
Culture, General Things, Architecture, Architectural Styles, Perpendicular Gothic
Around 1430. Interior Sherborne Abbey [Map]. Perpendicular Gothic.