What is a pilgrimage? Middle Ages
The first view of the pilgrimage: Chartres on the horizon Who went on pilgrimages? In the Middle Ages, many people - both men and women - went on short or long [...]
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Mary’s dress – Medieval Chartres
Mary's tunic, preserved in a glass case in the treasury of Chartres cathedral in France Romantic story of Mary's dress About 800 AD, Empress Irene was ruling the Roman Empire in Eastern [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Chartres cathedral transepts
Chartres cathedral crossing and transept When the builders were done with the nave, they built the great big columns of the crossing. Like the columns of the nave, the crossing columns [...]
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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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The Ka’aba and the hajj – Islamic religion
Mohammed praying at the Ka'aba (in an Ottoman book from 1388 AD) - the Ka'aba and the hajj What is the Ka'aba? The Ka'aba, or Cube, was a big black [...]
