St Stephen's Chapel and the Palace of Westminster

Traces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture.
Traces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture.As the principal royal chapel in the medieval Palace of Westminster, St Stephen's was at the centre of worship for the Plantagenets, a major collegiate foundation of a new kind for the mid-fourteenth century, and a community of national significance in the development of sacred polyphony. During the Reformation, the Chapel was converted into a meeting place for the House of Commons, which it remained for 300 years, shaping the development of British political culture. Its influence continues to be felt today in the design of the Commons chamber. Following the disastrous Palace fire of 1834, the site of the upper chapel was rebuilt as St Stephen's Hall, a gallery of national history, leading to the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament.This book tells the story of St Stephen's Chapel, from the thirteenth century to the present day. Sixteen chapters explain the building and its religious life, its political significance, and the antiquarian rediscovery of its former magnificence. Contributors highlight the interaction between visual and political culture; the contexts of kingship and international rivalry that informed the foundation and construction of chapel and college; the effect of medieval St Stephen's on the development of the House of Commons; the adaptation and re-use of St Mary Undercroft; and the creation of St Stephen's Hall in the 1840s. The hall would become a site of Suffragette activism in the campaign for Votes for Women, marked today by a monumental artwork New Dawn, which is the focus of the final chapter.

Contributor: Tim Ayers (Edited by), J.P.D. Cooper (Edited by), Murray Tremellen (Contributions by), Magnus Williamson (Contributions by), Melanie Unwin (Contributions by), Elizabeth Hallam Smith (Edited by), Caroline Shenton (Edited by), Tim Ayers (Contributions by), Elizabeth Biggs (Contributions by), Paul Binski (Contributions by), Mark Collins (Contributions by), J.P.D. Cooper (Contributions by), Elizabeth Hallam Smith (Contributions by), John Harper (Contributions by), Rosemary Hill (Contributions by), James Hillson (Contributions by), Rebekah Moore (Contributions by), W Mark Ormrod (Contributions by), Paul Seaward (Contributions by), Caroline Shenton (Contributions by), Jane Spooner (Contributions by)

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