The Face of the Past: The Preservation of the Medieval Inheritance in Victorian England

by Charles Dellheim

Book Overview

It is a striking paradox of nineteenth-century England that as it became the first industrial nation, it became increasingly fascinated by its preindustrial past and, in particular, its medieval inheritance. The preservation of that inheritance was a major cultural achievement of Victorian England, one that resonates in contemporary historic preservationist movements still so common throughout England. This is a study not of an elite of artists and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521602769
• ISBN13: 9780521602761
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"