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Ashby St Ledgers

By walwyn - août 4th, 2009
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Manor house Ashby St LedgersPrincipal home of the Catesby family from 1375 to the first part of the 1600s. The manor was briefly confiscated in 1485 following the execution of William Catesby, a principle councilor to Richard III, who had been captured by Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth (22 August 1485). The manor next  came to prominence when Robert Catesby (1573 – November 8, 1605), became the originator of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up James I and Parliament in 1605.

Centre André Chastel

By walwyn - mai 22nd, 2011
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The Andre Chastell Centre is dedicated to French art history, including sculpture, architecture, and stained glass.

Children and Monuments from the late medieval period to the 17th century.

By walwyn - novembre 8th, 2011
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Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children do not appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.

Corpus of Romanesque sculpture in Britain and Ireland

By walwyn - janvier 6th, 2012
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An archive of British and Irish Romanesque stone sculpture. Romanesque sculpture marks a high point of artistic production in Britain and Ireland, corresponding to the boom in high-quality building that followed the Norman Conquest in 1066, and reflecting a new set of links with mainland Europe.

Fawsley

By walwyn - août 16th, 2009
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Fawsley Hall Fawsley Hall was the home of the Knightley Family from the turn of the C15. Where they developed the land for sheep farming. At the end of the C15 the peasants were evicted to make more land available for sheep.
 
The present hall dates from early C16 and was extended throughout the C16, a Georgian classical style wing was added in C18 and the Estate landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the 1760s and 1770s.
 

Great Britain's National Survey of Medieval Stained Glass

By walwyn - mai 22nd, 2011
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The Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) is the international research project dedicated to recording medieval stained glass. Site contains an archive of more than 23,000 images, dissertations and documents, and also publishes the vidimus journal.
 

International Stained-Glass Centre - Chartres - France

By walwyn - mai 22nd, 2011
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Established in 1980, the International Stained-Glass Centre promotes the study and conservation of stained glass.
 

Luminarium Anthology of English Literature

By walwyn - juillet 8th, 2011
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Covers Medieval, Rennaisance, 17th century, and Restoration works. Site contains a number of etexts, and an encyclopaedia to provide historical contexts for the people, places, and events featured (mostly excerpts from Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed).
 

Medieval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church

By walwyn - septembre 19th, 2010
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Catalogue and description of Medieval wall paintings found in English Parish Churches.
 

Medievalists.net

By walwyn - mai 22nd, 2011
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Medievalists.net is the home for all the news, articles, videos and information about the Middle Ages and medieval society. Site contains links to recent academic dissertions on medieval history.

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