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England's Nazareth: the shrine at Walsingham
My article suggests that the burned statue was a substitute. The realmstatue survived.
frankbeswick, on 09/01/2024
Apocalypse Soon?
Fewer prophets arose.
frankbeswick, on 09/01/2024
Britain's Drowned History
True about the battlefield. But I read that she remarried a Welsh nobleman.
frankbeswick, on 09/01/2024
Celebrating Christmas
No, there is no similar situation in Britain. We don't celebrate thanksgiving.
frankbeswick, on 09/01/2024
Celebrating Christmas
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Some Unitedstatesians criticize the concentration on Christmas decorations- and gifts-getting for less attention to Thanksgiving. They sometimes criticize such ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/31/2024
Britain's Drowned History
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Online sources describe Edith of the Swan's Neck as identifying Harold the Fair's body on the Hastings battlefield.
Is that her last known appearance?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/31/2024
Apocalypse Soon?
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Your answer about a possible association between declining prophecy and rising apocalyptic writing intrigues me.
Might prophecy have declined because people ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/31/2024
England's Nazareth: the shrine at Walsingham
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The ancient statue of Our Lady Mary burned at an execution place disappoints me. Do we know what was done with the statue ashes?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/31/2024
England's Nazareth: the shrine at Walsingham
Tyburn in London was the official place of execution. So certain major burnings took place there
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024
England and Scotland: a personal reflection
Shakespeare used some names for known historical characters, but he did invent names when required, e.g. Falstaff.
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024
Apocalypse Soon?
It may have arisen to fill a gap left by the decline of prophecy in the late first millennium B
B.C. b.it the issue still arouses discussion among scholars.
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024
Britain's Drowned History
No. Tradition and history are silent on this matter.
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024
Celebrating Christmas
It depends on the individual. Some people prepare for Christmas early, others leave it for later.
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024
Childhood Walks
Gentrified buildings attracted professionals, but there was a large programme of the construction of social housing for the inhabitants.
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024
Devon, Glorious Devon
Yes. Britons eat a wide range of foods.
frankbeswick, on 08/31/2024