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St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch), and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter.
St George's Chapel, Windsor, in the Late Middle Ages. Colin Richmond, et al. (2001) ISBN 0-9539676-1-1; Volume 18. A History of the Stained Glass of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Sarah Brown (2006) ISBN 0-9539676-3-8; Volume 19. The Medieval Library of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle: Documentary Sources Dr James Willoughby (2015)
Today, the remains of the Saxon St.George's Tower, Motte-and-Bailey Mound, the Prison D-Wing and Debtor's Tower make up the Oxford Castle & Prison tourist attraction. St George's crypt chapel, rebuilt in 1794 re-using its late 11th-century Norman columns and capitals. The prison was closed in 1996 and the site reverted to Oxfordshire County ...
Elmina Castle, the Castelo de São Jorge da Mina ('Castle of St. George of the Mine'), Elmina, Ghana Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St George's Castle .
The King George VI Memorial Chapel is part of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England. The chapel was commissioned by Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, George VI , and was completed in 1969.
St George's House, the organisation, takes its name from the building of that name in close proximity to and associated with St George's Chapel within the perimeter of the Castle. It belongs to the College of Canons, founded in 1348 and is where participants are hosted for the duration of consultations on given topics.
The college of canons was established in 1348 by letters patent of King Edward III.It was formally constituted on the feast of St Andrew the Apostle, 30 November 1352, when the statutes drawn up by William Edington, bishop of Winchester, as papal delegate, were solemnly delivered to William Mugge, the warden of the college.
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...