Medieval History
Wales marks 600 years since Agincourt
Wales marks 600 years since Agincourt
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Wales: Medieval Glass Windows Cleaned After 600 Years
Members of a Neath Valley church can see clearly once more. Colourful medieval stained glass windows in Glynneath's St Cadoc's Church are being put back in place after they were removed for cleaning ? for the first time in about 600 years. The...
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Wales And The Crusades
What was Wales?s involvement in the Crusades and what role did Welsh soldiers play in the campaign to halt Islamic expansion into Jerusalem? How did Welsh participation in the Crusades help cement English control over Wales? Wales and the Crusades by...
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More Religion And Less Sentiment At Christmas In Medieval Wales
Our assumptions about the celebration of Christmas are shattered when we turn back the clock to medieval Wales, argues Dr Madeleine Gray, reader in history at the University of Wales, Newport You would expect a traditional medieval Welsh Christmas to...
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Could Medieval Mason's Marks Make A Comeback?
A medieval system of marking stone in building work could be a cheap and effective way of ending the modern day frustration of constructing ?flat-pack? furniture, according to a University of Warwick academic. Mason?s Marks refer to marks made on the...
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Website Launched On Medieval Monasteries In Wales
A new website was launched last month by the University of Wales Lampeter with information about medieval monasteries and nunneries founded in Wales between the coming of the Normans and the Dissolution of 1530s. The Monastic Wales website is a work...
Medieval History