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'Mirrors of the Blessed'
A survey and description of the ways in which Christianity informed and influenced English art from the introduction of biblical imagery after Augustine, through to its pre-Reformation zenith; the persistence of Christian imagery through the iconoclasm of the Dissolution; its renaissance in c17th/18th/19th & its subtle influence melded with the impact of WW1/2 into the 20th century.
— Mar 28, 2026 04:41AM
A survey and description of the ways in which Christianity informed and influenced English art from the introduction of biblical imagery after Augustine, through to its pre-Reformation zenith; the persistence of Christian imagery through the iconoclasm of the Dissolution; its renaissance in c17th/18th/19th & its subtle influence melded with the impact of WW1/2 into the 20th century.
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'Angel's Wit and Singular Learning'
On the recovery of libraries after decline of Roman institutions; Aldhelm, Alcuin, et al.; covers education and schooling in Anglo-Saxon period w/ monastic schools, grammar schools & chantry schools which took in poor & wealthy; describes rise of universities post-Conquest through to Reformation along w/ parish schools; 'fides quaerens intellectum' - St. Anselm's 'Proslogion'
— Mar 26, 2026 10:31AM
On the recovery of libraries after decline of Roman institutions; Aldhelm, Alcuin, et al.; covers education and schooling in Anglo-Saxon period w/ monastic schools, grammar schools & chantry schools which took in poor & wealthy; describes rise of universities post-Conquest through to Reformation along w/ parish schools; 'fides quaerens intellectum' - St. Anselm's 'Proslogion'
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'Teach Me Thy Laws'
"If, as contemporary judges have said, Christianity is no longer a part of English law, it still remains, to a great extent, its parent."
Influence of Old Testament Kings on the role of medieval Kings as administrators of justice in law codification b/w c8th-c11th; biblical scholarship & Common Law; rise of Cannon Law through Middle Ages up to 20th C; influence of scripture on English Courts
— Mar 25, 2026 01:58AM
"If, as contemporary judges have said, Christianity is no longer a part of English law, it still remains, to a great extent, its parent."
Influence of Old Testament Kings on the role of medieval Kings as administrators of justice in law codification b/w c8th-c11th; biblical scholarship & Common Law; rise of Cannon Law through Middle Ages up to 20th C; influence of scripture on English Courts
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'The Land of Angels'
Contextualises the concept of kingship in post-Roman Britain; introduces the developing relationship between Roman Christian Church and Anglo-Saxon England after the Gregorian Mission to Kent in 597; role of the 'King' as pious/divine after conversion of Aethelberht (597-601) up to age of the Venerable Bede (731-735)
— Mar 24, 2026 04:18PM
Contextualises the concept of kingship in post-Roman Britain; introduces the developing relationship between Roman Christian Church and Anglo-Saxon England after the Gregorian Mission to Kent in 597; role of the 'King' as pious/divine after conversion of Aethelberht (597-601) up to age of the Venerable Bede (731-735)
