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dc.coverage.spatialSite: University of Oxford (Oxford, England, United Kingdom)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalfounded 1546 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorHenry VIII, King of Englanden_US
dc.creatorWren, Christopheren_US
dc.creatorAldrich, Henryen_US
dc.date1546en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-21T21:41:13Z
dc.date.available2013-02-21T21:41:13Z
dc.date.issued1546en_US
dc.identifier193447en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1398en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/100777
dc.descriptionGeneral view of the Great Quadrangle or Tom Quad, looking southwest, with the Tom Tower at right; Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Originally Cardinal College, founded 1525 by Thomas Cardinal Wolsey. Refounded in 1532 as King Henry VIII's College by Henry VIII, to whom Wolsey's property had escheated. Then in 1546 the King, who had broken from the Church of Rome and acquired great wealth through the dissolution of the monasteries in England, refounded the college as Christ Church as part of the re-organisation of the Church of England and made it the cathedral of the recently created diocese of Oxford. Buildings include Christ Church Library; Peckwater Quadrangle; The Great Quadrangle or Tom Quad including Tom Tower; Blue Boar Quadrangle; Canterbury Quadrangle; Christ Church Hall; The Meadow Building; Christ Church Cathedral and Christ Church Picture Gallery. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjecteducational, leisureen_US
dc.subjectRenaissanceen_US
dc.subjectPerpendicular Styleen_US
dc.titleChrist Churchen_US
dc.title.alternativeChrist Church [Cathedral and College]en_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Dean, Chapter and Students of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighthen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-E-O-CC-A3en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecathedralen_US
vra.worktypecollegeen_US
dc.contributor.displayChristopher Wren (British architect, 1632-1723); Henry VIII, King of England (British patron, 1491-1547)en_US


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