All Souls College

Henry VI, King of England (British patron, 1421-1471); Nicholas Hawksmoor (British architect, 1661-1736)
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The Warden and College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/100618
Date
1438-1443
Description
The entry gate off Radcliffe Square, side view from above; Almost as plain, but on a larger scale, is All Souls College, built in 1438-1443. It was founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry Chichele (reigned 1414-1443), to be a memorial to the fallen at Agincourt and, like his south-west porch at Canterbury Cathedral, to glorify the Lancastrian dynasty. The young King Henry VI may have influenced the relative overall simplicity. Nicholas Hawksmoor is responsible for the north quadrangle of All Souls (1716-1735). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/14/2008)
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college
Subject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Education, educational, Gothic (Medieval)
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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