Tag: Henry VIII

• Aethelgifu, The Teenage Abbess: A Peak Inside The Walls Of The Shaftesbury Abbey

  [Gold Hill, Shafesbury] Silence isn’t empty, it’s full of answers. It was a chilly day, this fourth day of October. Chilly and windy. Mariam and I had just had a very enjoyable lunch with a former student of mine, Sally, and her husband, Matthew. Sally was in my Geography class when I had the joy…

  patrickjegan

  October 6, 2024

  England, Folktales & Legends, History, In Search of Lost Time, Real Personal History, Religion, Travel Writing, Travels

  Dorset, England, English Saints, europe, Henry VIII, History, Holy Relics, King Alfred the Great, Shaftesbury Abbey, Travel, united-kingdom

• Passports 11: Morris Dancing: Another Way for the English to be Silly or an Ancient Cultural Tradition?

  I had my hand on the door handle of the Antiquarian Book Store in Moretonhampstead village.  In a moment, I would be lost among my dear friends, the arcane tomes and dusty volumes of local history and regional literature.  My thumb was on the latch.  I pressed down.  It gave way under my pressure.  The…

  patrickjegan

  May 26, 2014

  England, Everyday Events, History, humor, Real Personal History, Travels

  Basques, Bronze Age, Devon, Dorset, England, handkerchiefs, Henry VIII, history of Moris Dancing, Moors, Morris Dancing, Neolithic Age, Richard III