by Helen Kain | Oct 22, 2023 | Abbeys, Monasteries and Churches, Castles & Stately Houses, England, Home, Recent
Our travel to England revolves around finding unusual places to stay within reach of castles, cathedrals and stately homes we want to visit. At the end of Week #1, we bid goodbye to the Russian Cottage on the Chatsworth Estate. From there, we drove north to Bamburgh...
by Helen Kain | Oct 8, 2023 | Abbeys, Monasteries and Churches, Beautiful Towns, Castles & Stately Houses, England, Home, Recent
We’ve been back from England for a few weeks now and are now fully recombobulated. I was determined to promptly process all the photos I took on the journey and set myself the task of going through all 1693 photos at the rate of 100 a day. That’s done...
by Helen Kain | May 27, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, England, Home, Tudors (1485–1603)
Thomas #2, Thomas More, acted in both legal and spiritual advisory capacities to King Henry VIII. He was born in London in 1478, the son of a lawyer and later judge, Sir John More. He attended Saint Anthony Grammar School in London while also working as a page to the...
by Helen Kain | May 16, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, England, Home, Medieval (1066–1485)
The hallmark of the Gothic era, the pointed arch, made its way from France to England just in time to rebuild the east end of Canterbury Cathedral after its devastating fire of 1174 (the second within a century). William of Sens, a Frenchman, was the chosen architect;...
by Helen Kain | May 16, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, England, Home
The tapestry of England’s 42 Anglican Cathedrals comprises the warp—the political and historical backdrop that affected them all—and the woof, the unique story of each cathedral. Weaving the tapestry begins with the Romans, a sophisticated and organized bunch if...
