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3 08, 2017

Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – Middle Ages

By |2019-08-16T17:36:52-07:00August 3rd, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – Middle Ages

Chaucer's tomb in Westminster Abbey Who was Chaucer? Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 1343 AD, probably in London, England, during the Hundred Years' War. His father seems to have been pretty well [...]

31 07, 2017

Toulouse – St. Sernin – Romanesque

By |2018-04-15T16:50:51-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Toulouse – St. Sernin – Romanesque

Church of St. Sernin, Toulouse, France In 1080 AD, the church of St. Sernin in Toulouse was a busy place. Charlemagne had given the church some saints' relics, and many people stopped to pray [...]

30 07, 2017

Chartres cathedral – medieval France

By |2019-03-13T19:23:01-07:00July 30th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Chartres cathedral – medieval France

Chartres on the horizon Why was Chartres so important? Even though Chartres, near Paris, France, was only a small town, it had an important treasure: the dress that people said Mary was wearing when [...]

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