Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

A history


Kenneth Milne

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ISBN: 978-1-84682-270-4
September 2010. 480pp.

Introduction
Raymond Refaussé

The medieval Cathedral

From Hiberno-Norse to Anglo-Norman, c.1030–1300
Stuart Kinsella

The construction of the medieval cathedral, c.1030–1250
Roger Stalley

Christ Church in the later medieval Irish world, 1300–1500
James Lydon

The architecture of the cathedral and priory buildings, 1250–1530
Roger Stalley

Liturgy in the late medieval cathedral priory
Alan J. Fletcher

Music in the medieval cathedral priory
Barra Boydell

The early modern cathedral

The coming of reform, 1500–58
Raymond Gillespie

The shaping of reform, 1558–1625
Raymond Gillespie

The 1562 collapse of the nave and its aftermath
Roger Stalley

The establishment of the choral tradition, 1480–1647
Barra Boydell

The modern cathedral

Restoration and reorganisation, 1660–1830
Kenneth Milne

The flourishing of music, 1660–1800
Barra Boydell

The stripping of the assets, 1830–1960
Kenneth Milne

Music in the nineteenth-century cathedral, 1800–70
Barra Boydell

George Edmund Street and the restoration of the cathedral, 1868–78
Roger Stalley

Optimism and decline: music, 1870–c.1970
Barra Boydell