Delivered at Oxford in 1884, these lectures continue Ruskin’s review of English art by turning to the early history of the nation. He follows the pleasures of learning from Queen Bertha to Osburga, mother of Alfred, and the pleasures of faith from Alfred to Edward the Confessor, praising the Anglo-Saxon form of Christianity as among the purest ever reached, and ends with the arts that grew from them.
Idiosyncratic and eloquent, late Ruskin for readers who enjoy history seen through the eyes of a great critic. Download the free EPUB.