TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willes,Margaret
TI  - In the shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral: the churchyard that shaped London 
SN  - 0300249837
AV  - DA687.S14 W55 2022
U1  - 942.1/2 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - City of London (England)
KW  - England
KW  - City of London
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index
N2  - St. Paul's Cathedral stands at the heart of London, an enduring symbol of the city. Less well known is the neighborhood at its base that hummed with life for over a thousand years, becoming a theater for debate and protest, knowledge and gossip.0 For the first time Margaret Willes tells the full story of the area. She explores the dramatic religious debates at Paul's Cross, the bookshops where Shakespeare came in search of inspiration, and the theater where boy actors performed plays by leading dramatists. After the Great Fire of 1666, the Churchyard became the center of the English literary world, its bookshops nestling among establishments offering luxury goods.0 This remarkable community came to an abrupt end with the Blitz. First the soaring spire of Old St. Paul's and then Wren's splendid Baroque dome had dominated the area, but now the vibrant secular society that had lived in their shadow was no more
ER  -