My boyfriend and I are National Trust members and we often take the opportunity to visit one of the National Trust’s lovely properties. This weekend we looked around Coughton Court, an English Tudor country house which has a close connection with the infamous Gunpowder Plot. The house and grounds are gorgeous and I’d definitely recommend… Read More A Visit to Coughton Court
What is the connection between the visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch to Oxford and early-modern personal monarchy? I’ll leave you to until the end of this post to muse! The Ecumenical Patriarch is currently visiting Britain, at the invitation of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The Ecumenical Patriarch Constantinople is ‘first among equals’ (first… Read More Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I’s Visit To Oxford; And Early-Modern Personal Monarchy
Until quite recently, I had never heard of Pieter Neeffs the Elder; yet, his paintings are phenomenal! For lovers of church architecture and of paintings, Neeffs’ work creates a liminal space where breathtaking architecture fuses with exquisite painting in one creation. For the historian, Neeffs’ work also provides an absorbing lens onto the world of early-modern churches… Read More The Canaletto of Churches: Pieter Neeffs the Elder
