religion
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You might wonder what the above 1855 painting (from Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire) has to do with the summer solstice, but it’s taken from this National Trust article, which emphasises the magical aspect of this particular time of the year. It also illustrates the sort of books I read as a child. Today’s adults underestimate…
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… and here it is, with many thanks to Tony Riches. Uncrowned features claimants from several centuries, including Jane, Edward V, Edward the Black Prince and Henry Frederick Stuart. Ashley Mantle is also the author of King John: A Brief History.
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Sanda Island is in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, and it came to my attention when I read this article A Scottish island for sale with seals, seven houses, a lighthouse and its own pub – Country Life in Country Life. The article is beautifully illustrated, with an aerial video that sings…
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Here we have a Yahoo article about Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred who united England at the battle of Brunaburh, who was buried at Malmesbury Abbey. There will be a dig, by Cotswold Archeology, at the site on 6th and 7th of July, in the run-up to the 1100th anniversary of his accession later that…
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Tucked away in the Marshwood Vale in Dorset stands St. Candida’s church, in the village of Whitchurch Canonicorum, population around 700. The church is named after the obscure saint Wite, whose name is ‘Candida’ in Latin. Whitchurch simply means Wite’s church, and the ‘canonicorum’ part of the village name refers to the canons of Salisbury …
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We don’t always learn in time about events that are of interest to our readers, but here’s one that will take place on 25 January 2025! If you go to this link Women of the Wars of the Roses – A Day of Short Talks at Southwark Cathedral (ianvisits.co.uk) you’ll read of a day of…
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I cannot even begin to imagine having £10.127 billion at my disposal. But that’s what Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster has in his piggybank. Oh, I wish….! He will have married Olivia Henson on 7 June 2024 at Chester Cathedral, and Prince William will be an usher. Prince George also has a role,…
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The Up and Down Career of Elizabeth Arundel.
Archbishop Scrope, Battle of Shrewsbury, Calais, Duchess of Norfolk, Earls Marshal, Earls of Arundel, Earls of Pembroke, Earls of Salisbury, elizabeth arundel, executions, Henry IV, Hoveringham, joanna lady abergavenny, John of Gaunt, Lords Appellant, rebellions, Richard Earl of Arundel, Richard II, Robert Goushill, sir gerard usflete, Sir John Grey, Sir Robert Wingfield, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Nottingham, Thomas of woodstock, Thomas Stanley, widowsElizabeth Arundel (or FitzAlan as we now say, though her father didn’t) was the daughter of Richard, Earl of Arundel (executed 1397) and Elizabeth de Bohun. She was born about 1371 and was the sister of (among others) the formidable Joanna, Lady of Abergavenny, subject of an earlier post. Elizabeth’s first husband was William Montagu,…
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This programme was first shown about twenty-five years ago and is now being repeated for the D-Day anniversary. It was presented by Richard Holmes, a military history lecturer and a Territorial Army officer, covering battlefields from centuries of conflicts. Series 2 covered Bosworth quite well, although it described “Tudor” as a “Lancastrian claimant” ready for…
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