Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British Empire, 1840-1870. Yale University Press

 by

G. A. Bremner

The Gothic Revival movement in architecture was intimately entwined with 18th- and 19th-century British cultural politics. In this ground breaking sumptuously illustrated study, the author traces the global reach and influence of the Gothic Revival throughout Britain’s empire, including India, during these decades. Focusing on religious buildings, he examines the Church of England’s colonial and missionary agenda revealing the extraordinary nature and extent of building activity that occurred across the British world.

The author is senior lecturer in architectural history at the University of Edinburgh, and the book was shortlisted for the 2013 Whitfield Prize sponsored by the Royal Historical Society.

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