God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion, and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century Almshouse
- Author / Editor
- Goodall, John A.
God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion, and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century Almshouse
- Published
- Aldershot; and Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2001.
- Physical Description
- 8 color plates; 89 b&w figs.
- Description
- A visual and verbal history of the institution, community, and architecture of the almshouse attached to St. Mary's Church, Ewelme. Thomas Chaucer, who patronized one of two building campaigns of the church, is buried in the church with his wife, Maud, and his daughter, Alice de la Pole, who founded the almshouse with her husband, William, earl of Suffolk. Goodall includes descriptions of the Chaucer funerary monuments and discussion of their roles in the church's history. .
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life.