September 2020 – A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI

Anne Herbert Countess of Pembroke, Yorkist widow & mother in law to Katherine Plantagenet

Ann Devereux, John Lydgate’s Troy Book and Siege of Thebes @British Library Well that old wheel of fortune could certainly whizz around and no more so than in the lives of the noble women from the turbulent times we now know as the Wars of the Roses. An example of one of these ladies isContinue reading “Anne Herbert Countess of Pembroke, Yorkist widow & mother in law to Katherine Plantagenet”

THE MEDIEVAL BED – A PRIZED POSSESSION

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AND THE ROYAL WINDOW

Edward 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 onContinue reading “CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AND THE ROYAL WINDOW”