religion
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Today in 1495 marked the death of Henry VII’s uncle, Jasper Tudor, and so seems an appropriate day for me to post the following extract, which is from The Country Gentry in the Fourteenth Century by N. Denholm-Young, published in 1969. “…It is a crying fault among English historians that they pay only lip-service to…
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“ . . . . Christmas with the King [ Henry III ] doesn’t immediately sound like the social engagement you would expect for a Benedictine monk, but wind the clock back to the early 13th century and for one particularly colourful religious figure, a royal invitation was nothing out of the norm . .…
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Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com William Shakespeare @Abdul Rahim One, or two, of these may come in useful the next time you find yourself lost for words……. “Villain, I have done thy mother” (Really rude and should only be used in the event you don’t mind your lights being punched out..) Titus Andronicus (Act 4,…
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Kingfinding (or consortfinding) is back, this time in France. The lady in question, however, was from Navarre and became queen to Richard I. Although he wasn’t in England much during his reign, due to his crusading activities, she did accompany him part of the way on occasion. Here is a Guardian article, located by Robert…
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CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AND THE ROYAL WINDOW
Canterbury Cathedral, Catherine of York, Cicely Plantagenet, Edward IV, Edward the Black Prince, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Morton, Luton Guild Book, Mary of York, Puritans, Richard Culmer, Richard of Shrewsbury, royal mistresses, Royal Windows, stained glass, Thomas Becket, William NeveEdward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville. Original 15th century stained glass panels. Royal Window North West Transept Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral, of all the cathedrals I have managed to visit, remains firmly on my ‘favourites’ list. I lived there for a while many years ago, having been entranced by the city and cathedral on…
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… Walking Britain’s Roman Roads, in fact. It is quite a good series, in which Jones explores some of the most important of these, together with some aspects of Romano-British Society. The first episode takes him the length of Watling Street, the first part of which is now he M2, during which he visits the…
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Well now, are we to believe the horrific tale related at Medievalists.net? Or should we regard it as yet another malicious work of imagination from Thomas Walsingham. Let’s face it, Walsingham was venomous and untruthful to a fault. The nastiest type of tale-teller. Which leaves me disinclined to believe that Sir John Arundel was guilty…
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Right, so has Nero been as hard-done-by through history as our Richard III? After first pointing out that Richard was lied about and denounced by his enemies and killers, and that he still has supporters even now, this article certainly wonders about Nero’s legacy. It’s said that Nero’s ambitious mother manipulated him on to the…
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Here’s an interesting link to an article about how the medieval Tsars spent Christmas in Moscow. I know we grizzle about the British weather, but I’d rather be here any time than be turned to ice in Russia!
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OLD LONDON BRIDGE – A MEDIEVAL WONDER!
Anne Sutton, bigamy, Canterbury Cathedral, Chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, coronation procession, David Earl of Crawford, Dover, Drawbridge Gate, Elizabeth Wydeville, fire, funeral procession, Great Stonegate, Henry II, Henry V, Jack Cade, John Stow, jousting, Kentishmen, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Livia Visser-Fuchs, Lord Wells, Old London Bridge, Peasants’ Revolt, Peter de Colechurch, pre-contract, rebellions, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Southwark, Thomas Becket, traitors, Vikings, Wat Tyler, Westminster AbbeyREBLOGGED FROM sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri London from Southwark, c.1630. Old London Bridge is in the right foreground and Old St Paul’s Cathedral on the skyline to the left. Old London Bridge Antiquated, in a run down state, and at 600 years old, the old bridge had reached its self by date and was demolished in…
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