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Downside Abbey - An Architectural History

Downside Abbey - An Architectural History

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Editor: Dom Aidan Bellenger
Publication: Merrell, 2011
Category: History

Downside Abbey has commissioned a lavish new publication on the architectural history of the Abbey Church of St Gregory the Great. Edited by the Abbot, Dom Aidan Bellenger, this coffee table style publication has contributions from the leading architectural historians in Britain today: Dr. Roderick O’ Donnell on Dunn and Hansom; Dom Aidan Bellenger on Sir Ninian Comper; Professor Gavin Stamp on Sir Giles Gilbert Scott; Alan Powers on Pollen and Michael Hall on Garner. This is a unique and beautiful book celebrating the architecture of Downside’s magnificent Abbey Church. It features specially commissioned images by the acclaimed architectural photographer Paul Barker (Country Life).

Hardback: ISBN 978 1 8589 4542 2
(224 pp) 29 x 29 cm (11.5 x 11.5 inches)
240 illustrations

NB: All orders will be charged postage & packaging for each copy of this book ordered.

Price: £35.00


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Downside: A Pictorial History

Downside: A Pictorial History

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Author/Editor: Bellenger, Aidan (ed.)
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 1998
Category: History

A lavishly illustrated history of the Gregorian community from its origin in Douai, its interlude at Acton Burnell and the final settlement at Downside. Archival photos from Downside's own archive create a magisterial account of Downside's four hundred year history.

Price: £12.00


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Downside and the War: 1914 - 1919

Downside and the War: 1914 - 1919

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Author/Editor: Graham, Lucius
Publication: London, 1925
Category: History

Compiled by Dom Lucius Graham, Downside and the War contains the list of Old Gregorians who served in the forces during the Great War, together with Memoirs of those killed in action or who died on active service.

Price: £14.95


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A Chronology of Faith: English Catholic History Since the Reformation

A Chronology of Faith: English Catholic History Since the Reformation

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Author/Editor: Kirkpatrick, Peter
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 2011
Category: History

This book shows in an non-academic and in chronological form what happened at the English Reformation and the consequences to Catholics and others who refused to conform. It describes the penalties and disabilities suffered by Catholics up to and beyond the 1829 Relief Act. The Chronology also describes the European background to the events and includes key moments in English history.

Price: £16.99


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The Mitre & The Crown

The Mitre & The Crown

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Author/Editor: Bellenger, Dominic Aidan & Fletcher, Stella
Publication: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2005
Category: History

The Mitre & The Crown draws upon a wealth of recent scholarly literature to relate the story of the Archbishops of Canterbury against a backdrop of more than fourteen centuries of English ecclesiastical history. It examines the social and cultural experiences that shaped the holders of archiepiscopal office, together with the personal talents they brought to the service of both the Church and State. With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Price: £15.00


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The Passion of John Roberts

The Passion of John Roberts

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Author/Editor: Camm, Bede (Dom)
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 2010
Category: History

St John Roberts was executed at Tyburn in 1610 and canonized as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales in 1970. He was also one of the founders of the English Benedictine Priory of St Gregory at Douai, now at Downside.

This reprint is an edited form of Dom Bede Camm's classic account of the martydom of John Roberts originally published in 1897.

Price: £4.50


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Downside Fourth Centenary: Downside And Its Martyrs

Downside Fourth Centenary: Downside And Its Martyrs

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Author/Editor: Bellenger, Aidan (Dom)
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 2006
Category: History

This short booklet celebrates Downside's martyrs and their importance. The Gregorian martyrs are Blessed George Gervase, Saint John Roberts, Blessed Maurus Scott, Saint Ambrose Barlow, Blessed Philip Powell and Blessed Thomas Pickering.

The booklet contains contributions from Dom Aidan Bellenger, Anne Dillon on the Rosary Confraternity and Chapel, and Martin Murphy on Saint Oliver Plunkett.

Price: £4.50


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State of Religion in Somerset and Wiltshire

State of Religion in Somerset and Wiltshire

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Author/Editor: Oliver, George (Rev.)
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 2005
Category: History

Part III of the Reverend George Oliver collection detailing the Catholic faith in Somerset and Wiltshire from the Reformation to the mid nineteenth century. Reprinted as part of the relaunch of South Western Catholic History.

Price: £4.50


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Fathers in Faith: the Western District, 1688 - 1988

Fathers in Faith: the Western District, 1688 - 1988

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Author/Editor: Bellenger, Aidan (ed.)
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 1991
Category: History

Dom Aidan Bellenger brings together the Tercentenary Essays celebrating the anniversary of the creation of the Western Vicariate Apostolic in 1688.

Price: £5.00


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Forgotten Shrines

Forgotten Shrines

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Author/Editor: Camm, Dom Bede
Publication: Gracewing, 2004
Category: History

The former Downside monk, Dom Bede Camm, provides a magisterial examination of the lost shrines of pre-Reformation England. With an introduction by Dom Aidan Bellenger.

Price: £20.00


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Opening the Scrolls

Opening the Scrolls

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Author/Editor: Bellenger, Aidan (ed.)
Publication: Downside Abbey Press, 1987
Category: History

Essays in Catholic History in honour of the great Dominican antiquary and historian, Godfrey Anstruther, O.P.

Price: £10.00


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Slender Thread

Slender Thread

Ref: ABB15

Author/Editor: Crouzet, Edward
Publication: Downside Abbey Books, 2007
Category: History

The Origins and History of the Benedictine Mission in Bungay, Suffolk, 1657 - 2007 by Dom Edward Crouzet.

Price: £10.00


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A Glimpse of Heaven: Catholic Churches in England and Wales

A Glimpse of Heaven: Catholic Churches in England and Wales

Ref: ABK110

Author/Editor: Martin, Christopher
Publication: English Heritage, 2006
Category: History

This beautiful book provides a welcome survey of major places of Catholic worship in England and Wales. Through its magnificent illustrations and accompanying descriptions, it offers an unrivalled view of the slow maturing of a church over two centuries.

Price: £20.00


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