Fontevraud Abbey - Fontevraud Abbey The Fontevraud Abbey (or Fontevrault Abbey) is located near Chinon, in Anjou, France. It was constructed between 1110 and 1119 and founded by Robert d'Abrissel who had just created a new order. The abbey contains the tombs of Eleanor of Aquitaine, her husband King Henry II of England, their son King Richard I of England, their daughter Joan, and Isabella of Angoulême, wife of their son King John. The monastery became quite successful, attracting many rich and noble abbesses over the years. The Plantagenets were large benefactors of the Abbey and King Henri II’s sister Mathilde was Abbess at Fontevraud. During the French revolution, the order was dissolved; the Abbey later became a prison and was given to the French Ministry of Culture in.
Henry II of England - 1170, Henry and Eleanor's fifteen-year-old son Henry was crowned king, but he never actually ruled and is not counted as a monarch of England; he is now known as Henry the Young King to distinguish him from his nephew Henry III of England. Henry and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, had five sons and three daughters. (Henry also had some ten children by at least four other women, and Eleanor had several of those children reared in the royal nursery with her own children; some remained members of the household in adulthood.) His attempts to wrest control of her lands from her (and her heir Richard) led to confrontation between Henry on the one side and his wife and legitimate sons on the other. Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the.
Eleanor of Aquitaine - Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, who was shortly to become king of England. She was eleven years older than he and related in the same degree as she had been to Louis. She bore Henry five sons and three daughters -- (William, Henry the Young King, Richard I "the Lionheart, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, John "Lackland, Matilda, Eleanor, and Joan) -- over the next thirteen years. Some time between 1168 and 1173, Eleanor instigated a separation, deciding that from then on she would mostly remain in her own territory of Poitou, while Henry concentrated on controlling his increasingly large empire elsewhere. In 1173, Eleanor led a rebellion against Henry, in league with their three surviving sons, although his bastard sons stood by him. She may have grown weary of Henry's numerous.
1110 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor invades Italy The Russian Primary Chronicle ends Beginning of the construction of Fontevraud Abbey in France Beirut and Sidon are captured by the Crusaders Mawdud of Mosul captures all land belonging to the Crusader County of Edessa east of the Euphrates Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus renews his war with the Seljuk Turks Births Deaths.
Abbess - of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey or convent of nuns. The mode of election, position, rights and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. The office is elective, the choice being by the secret votes of the sisters from their own body. The abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by episcopal benediction, together with the conferring of a staff and pectoral cross, and holds for life, though liable to be deprived for misconduct. The council of Trent fixed the qualifying age at forty, with eight years of profession. Abbesses have a right to demand absolute obedience of their nuns, over whom they exercise discipline, extending even to the power of expulsion, subject, however, to the bishop. As a female.
Chinon - year 1154. In the 12th century, when that part of France was under English rule, Chinon was the residence of King Henry II of England. He is responsible for construction of most all of the massive chateau, built over 1,300 feet long and 250 feet wide with a clock tower rising 115 feet high. King Henry, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their son King Richard the Lionheart were all buried at nearby Fontevraud Abbey. The chateau was the residence of Charles VII, the dauphin of France in the early 15th century. It is the place where the legendary Joan of Arc came on March 8, 1429 to recognize the dauphin and to urge him to declare himself king and raise an army to liberate France from the English. Chinon is.
Richard I of England - nobles who were dissatisfied with Isaac's seven years of tyrannical rule. Though Isaac and his men fought bravely, Richard's army was bigger and better equipped, assuring his victory. Isaac continued to resist from the castles of Pentadactylos but after the siege of his castle of Kantaras he finally surrendered. Richard became the new ruler of Cyprus. Richard looted the island and massacred those trying to resist him. Meanwhile, Richard was finally able to marry the woman to whom he was engaged, who had been brought by his mother to join him on the crusade route. His marriage to Princess Berengaria of Navarre, first-born daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre, was held in Limassol on May 12, 1191. It was attended by his sister Joan, whom Richard had brought from Sicily..
Kirkstall Abbey - Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in the outskirts of Leeds in Yorkshire, set in grounds on the north bank of the River Aire. It was originally founded c. 1152 and was over seventy five years in construction. It was closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. The ruins have been painted by artists such as J.M.W. Turner. The English Cistercian houses, of which there are such extensive and beautiful remains at Fountains, Rievaulx, Kirkstall, Tintern, Netley, etc., were mainly arranged after the same plan, with slight local variations. As an example, below is the groundplan of Kirkstall Abbey, one of the best preserved. The church here is of the Cistercian type, with a short chancel of two.
Jervaulx Abbey - Jervaulx Abbey Jervaulx Abbey was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, founded in 1156. It was dissolved in 1537, and its last abbot was hanged for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace. The ruins of the abbey are open to the public..
Hailes Abbey - Hailes Abbey Hailes Abbey is near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, England. Founded in 1246 by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans and the younger brother of King Henry III of England, this once great Ciscertian abbey became a site of pilgrimage when Richard's son Edmund donated a phial of the holy blood to the community in 1270. Hailes Abbey was one of the last religious institutions to acquiesce following the Dissolution Act of 1536. Abbot Stephen Sagar and his monks finally surrendered their abbey to King Henry VIII's commissioners on Christmas Eve 1539. After the Dissolution, the west range was converted into a house and was home to the Tracy family in the seventeenth century, but these buildings were later demolished and now all that remains.
Holyrood Abbey - Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey, located in Edinburgh, Scotland, within the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, was built in 1128 at the order of King David I of Scotland. The roof of the abbey collapsed in the 18th century, leaving it as it currently stands, a ruin. "Rood" is an old word for "cross," usually meaning that of Jesus Christ, so the name is equivalent to "Holy Cross." Since the fifteenth century, it has been the site of many royal coronations and marriage ceremonies..
Fountains Abbey - Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, first founded A.D. 1132. Though the buildings are now partly ruined, it is one of the largest and best preserved Cistercian houses in England and is a UNESCO World heritage site. It is now owned and maintained by the National Trust. The earliest buildings received considerable additions and alterations in the later period of the order, causing deviations from the strict Cistercian type. The church stands a short distance to the north of the river Skell, the buildings of the abbey stretching down to and even across the stream. We have the cloister (H) to the south, with the three-aisled chapter-house (I) and calefactory (L) opening from its eastern walk, and the refectory (S), with the kitchen (Q) and buttery (T) attached,.
Fonthill Abbey - Fonthill Abbey Fonthill Abbey - also known as Beckford's Folly - was a large Gothic-style building built in the turn of the 19th century in Wiltshire, England. Fonthill Abbey was a brainchild of William Beckford, son of a wealthy English businessman and student of architect Sir William Chambers. In 1771 when was ten years old, he inherited £1.000.000 and annual income of £100.000. After years of traveling abroad and a failed marriage he decided to have a Gothic cathedral built. Construction of the abbey begun 1795 in Beckford's estate near Hindon in Wiltshire, England. He built a 12-feet (3.6 meters) high and 7 miles (11 km) long wall around his estate to keep out unwanted spectators and hired James Wyatt as the leading architect. Over the protestations.
Kent - Mayfield Minster, Ramsgate, Maxton, Minster, Sheerness, Monkton Netlestead, Nettlestead Green, New Romney Orpington, Otford Paddock Wood, Penshurst Postling Ramsgate, Reculver, Rochester, Royal Tunbridge Wells Sandwich, Seal, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Swanley, Sturry Tonbridge Walmer, Westerham, Whitstable Places of interest Bedgebury Pinetum Bodiam Castle Brenzett Chatham Dockyard maritime museum, ropery, RNLI lifeboat museum, police museum Chiddingstone Castle Cinque Ports Dungeness Power Station Hever Castle Headcorn small aviation museum and parachuting school Isle of Grain Isle of Thanet Kent Battle of Britain Museum Leeds Castle Manston Airport with two aviation museums Minster Abbey, Minster, Sheerness Penshurst Place Reculver Roman Fort Romney Marsh Royal Engineers Museum of Military Engineering, Gillingham Scotney Castle St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury Turner Gallery to open in Margate North Downs Way, a long distance footpath East Kent Railway, a heritage railway Kent.
Kenneth Anger - films were mostly destroyed. His first film to see distribution was Fireworks in 1947. While most of his films are short subject (ranging from 3.5 minutes to 30 minutes) mood pieces, in 1955 he made a documentary film of the ruins of Crowley's magical abbey in Cefalu, Sicily. During the late 60's he associated with The Rolling Stones, and Mick Jagger did the music for Anger's 1969 film Invocation of My Demon Brother. Several of his films are collected in the 4 volume Magick Lantern Cycle, these are marked * in the filmography. Filmography Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat (1941) Tinsel Tree (1941-1942) Prisoner of Mars (1942) The Nest (1943) Escape Episode (1944) Drastic Demise (1945) Escape Episode (shorter sound version) (1946) Fireworks (1947)* Puce Moment (1949)* The Love That.
Kelso - the River Tweed, a place famous for its salmon fishing. The town grew to service Kelso Abbey, founded by King David in 1128. Floors Castle lies in the town, while Hume Castle lies a few miles north of it..
King's College, Cambridge - around 80% of the British undergraduate intake were educated at state schools. The College's Chapel. The College's Chapel, considered a fine example of late Gothic architecture, was built over the period of 100 years in three stages. Much of the stone used to build the chapel came from Ramsey Abbey near Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. The Chapel choir traditionally broadcast their Nine Lessons and Carols on the BBC from the chapel on Christmas Eve. The Chapel is widely seen as the symbol of Cambridge, for example in the logo of the city council. Alumni of the College include E. M. Forster, Rupert Brooke, Alan Turing, John Maynard Keynes, Salman Rushdie, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. The College is located at King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST, UK, and is the only Oxbridge College.
Kirkstall - north of Leeds and on the River Aire. In the 12th century Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey, a daughter house of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The Abbey House Museum tells the story of the community and the town..
Kilwinning Rangers - much as their rivals Irvine Meadow XI. They play their home games at Abbey Park and compete in the Western Region Junior League. They play in blue and white hoops. Honours: Scottish Junior Cup winners: 1908-09, 1998-99 Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1909-10, 1921-22 West of Scotland Cup: 1993-94, 1998-99 Ayrshire First Division winners: 1920-21, 1922-23, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1965-66, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01 Ayrshire Second Division winners: 1980-81, 1988-89, 1990-91 Ayrshire Cup: 1904-05, 1908-09, 1934-35, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02 Ayrshire League Cup: 1929-30, 1998-99 Ayrshire District Cup: 1905-06, 1920-21, 1931-32, 1958-59, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02 North Ayrshire Cup: 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01 Western Intermediate League Cup: 1929-30 Irvine & District League: 1907-08, 1908-09, 1913-14.
Killarney - the side of one of a chain of three large lakes, part of a National Park. The city is also famous for its history, as well as the cathedral it is also home to Ross Castle, Muckross Abbey and Innisfallen Island, the location of a ruined monastery. Because of its natural and historical interest, and its close proximity to the Dingle peninsula, Skelligs and Ring of Kerry it is a popular tourist town. See also: Killarney Lakes (National Park). External Links http://www.killarney.ie/ http://www.killarneyonline.ie/ http://kerry.local.ie/killarney/.
