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Showing posts with label Westminster Abbey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westminster Abbey. Show all posts
27 July 2023

The Coronation of Richard I

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Richard I of England was not his father. Not only did he rebel against his father and reject support of his father's favorites, but he...
06 October 2022

Henry I of England

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The first royal wedding too take place at Windsor Castle was that of King Henry I and Adeliza of Louvain.  Henry (c.1068 - 1135) was a young...
19 May 2014

Mother and Wife of Kings

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Ælfgifu on the Bayeaux Tapestry Ælfgifu of Northampton was once mentioned here as the wife of King Cnut. When King Svein Forkbeard of ...
24 September 2013

Cosmati Floors

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Cosmati floor, Westminster Abbey church, during a recent cleaning. When discussing the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey yesterday, I me...
23 September 2013

Building Westminster Abbey - Part 2

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I started this here with the origins of what we now call " Westminster Abbey ." A major rebuilding campaign began about 1245 by...
20 September 2013

Building Westminster Abbey - Part 1

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Panel from Bayeaux Tapestry; Edward's body carried to Westminster. The Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster was begun on ...
22 September 2012

Jews in London

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One street is all that remains of the Jewry Jews had followed William the Conqueror to England* and established a significant presence i...
08 July 2012

Robert Cotton's Hobby

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Sir Robert Bruce Cotton was born 22 January, 1570 (or 1571). Too late to be part of the Middle Ages, but still a subject for this blog; you...