#Duke of Normandy

[vox-anglosphere]

The last invasion of Britain was the Battle of Hastings, 957 years ago

#Battle of Hastings #17 October 1066 #Duke of Normandy #UK #King Harold #King William I #Norman conquest #English history #East Sussex #William the Conqueror #Saxon defeat #On this day

[wandering-cemeteries]

Robert Curthose (c. 1051-1134), William the Conqueror's son. Robert took over his father's role as the Duke of Normandy, but never was the king of England. He actually died at one my favorite castles, Cardiff Castle in Wales. This tomb is just fantastic.

Gloucester Cathedral, England

#knight #robert curthose #english history #duke of normandy #tomb #sarcophogus #sculpture #cemetery #original photography #photography #taphophile #taphophilia #lensblr #photographers on tumblr #tombs #england #gloucester #wanderingjana

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Iconic Mont Saint-Michel Abbey celebrates 1,000 years

By Solène Tadié

13 June 2023

It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel in French Normandy was laid.

The monument that the poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has since become one of the highest symbols of French Catholic identity and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the world, with more than 3 million visitors a year.

This important anniversary will give rise to a number of celebrations that will continue through the fall of 2023.

Standing on relatively inhospitable terrain, enthroned on a rocky islet less than a kilometer in diameter, surrounded by a vast sandy plain subject to the vagaries of the tides, the UNESCO World Heritage Site has stood the test of time, offering itself as a spectacle for dozens of generations to see.

Indeed, the history of this place of prayer and pilgrimage was as precarious and tumultuous as its surroundings.

While the construction of the present abbey church dates back to 1023, a first church dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel is said to have been built as early as 708 on the mount, then known as Mont-Tombe.

According to “Revelation,” the oldest text reporting the context of the abbey’s construction (written around the beginning of the 11th century), St. Aubert, then-bishop of Avranches, was visited three times in a dream by the archangel, who instructed him to erect a sanctuary in his honor on the summit of the site “so that he whose venerable commemoration was celebrated at Mont Gargan [the first great shrine dedicated to the Leader of the Celest Army, in the Puglia region of Italy] might be celebrated with no less fervor in the middle of the sea.”

St. Aubert undertook the building of a first church with the capacity of about a hundred people, consecrated in October 709 and given the name Mont-Saint-Michel-au-péril-de-la-Mer.

The prelate installed 12 canons there, responsible for praying the Divine Office and welcoming local pilgrims.

The canons were replaced in the 10th century by Benedictine monks at the behest of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, who had little taste for the canons’ opulent lifestyle.

In 1023, the order undertook the construction of the abbey church we know today, based on three rock-cut crypts and the former chapel.

This ambitious project marked a decisive step in the international outreach of the site, where miracles abounded as the flow of pilgrims from all over Christendom expanded.

“This edifice is like Noah’s ark laid over the crypts,” said François Saint-James, a guide and lecturer at Mont Saint-Michel, in an interview with Le Devoir newspaper, underlining the architectural prowess required for this medieval project.

“It was a time when France was covered with a white cloak of churches, as a monk from Cluny once wrote. You have to imagine the gigantic scale of the work.

The granite blocks were cut on the Chausey islands, 34 kilometers from here.

Caen stone, a soft, light stone that’s easy to carve, was used. ... When, in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the Romanesque choir collapsed, it was rebuilt in flamboyant Gothic style.”

While the abbey’s architectural evolution continued uninterrupted until the 19th century, one of its highest points was the construction of “La Merveille” (The Wonder) in the 13th century, a jewel of Norman Gothic art.

It consists of two buildings on three levels, supported by high buttresses, with a cloister and refectory, 80 meters above sea level, beneath which were built an almshouse, a storeroom, and guest rooms.

The fame of the shrine started to decline in the 17th century, when part of the abbey was turned into a prison by the royal power.

Seized by central government during the revolution, it became a detention center for priests deemed hostile to the Jacobin terror.

In the 19th century, the site, listed as a historic monument in 1874, was gradually returned to monastic life and its original vocation as a sanctuary.

The abbey’s distinctive silhouette was further enhanced by a neo-Gothic spire in 1897, topped by a gilded statue of the archangel.

To mark its 1,000th anniversary, a special tribute is being paid to the abbey that many have dubbed the “Wonder of the West” with the exhibition “La Demeure de l’Archange” (The Archangel’s Abode), retracing its glorious and tumultuous history through some 30 masterpieces, until November 5.

Many of these items, which include sculptures, scale models, statues, and silverware, will be on display to visitors to the abbey for the first time.

Another highlight of the many celebrations taking place over the summer and part of the autumn will be the “Millennium Solstice,” a never-before-seen light show projected onto Mont Saint-Michel from various spots in the bay on the evening of June 23.

The beauty of this sacred site, trodden by millions of pilgrims over the centuries, has been celebrated and immortalized in the writings of many great men of letters over the last few centuries, from Gustave Flaubert to Théophile Gautier and Victor Hugo.

In particular, it inspired the novel “Les Merveilles du Mont Saint-Michel” (1879) by the prolific writer Paul Féval.

He had already paid tribute to the monument a few years earlier, in “La Fée des grèves,” with these lines often quoted by admirers of the famous Mont:

“Twilight broke. Mont-Saint-Michel was the first to emerge from the shadows, offering the golden wings of its archangel to the reflections of the dawning dawn; then the sides of Normandy and Brittany lit up in turn.

Then again, a sort of light steam seemed to rise from the receding sea, and all was veiled except for the statue of Saint Michael, which dominated this wide ocean of mist.”

#Mont Saint-Michel #Khéops of the West #Victor Hugo #UNESCO World Heritage Site #pilgrimage #St. Aubert #Revelation #Mont-Saint-Michel-au-péril-de-la-Mer #Richard I #Duke of Normandy #La Demeure de l’Archange #The Archangel’s Abode #Millennium Solstice #Gustave Flaubert #Théophile Gautier #Paul Féval #Les Merveilles du Mont Saint-Michel #La Fée des grèves #St. Michael the Archangel

[stairnaheireann]

Knight of Glin and Glin Castle

The Knight of Glin (dormant 14 September 2011), also known as the Black Knight or Knight of the Valley, was a hereditary title in the FitzGerald families of Co Limerick since the early 14th century. The family was a branch of the FitzGerald dynasty, or Geraldines, related to the Earls of Desmond (extinct), who were questionably granted extensive lands in Co Limerick by the Duke of Normandy by way…

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#Co. Limerick #Desmond Fitzgerald #Duke of Normandy #Earls of Desmond #England #Fitzgerald dynasty #Geraldines #Glin Castle #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Knight of Glin #Limerick #Lislaughtin Abbey #Queen Elizabeth I #Shannon Estuary #Stair na hÉireann

[roehenstart]

List of English Kings: The House of Normandy and the House of Blois.

#list of monarchs #english monarchs #house of normandy #william the conqueror #william the bastard #duke of normandy #duc de normandie #william ii #william rufus #henry i #henry beauclerc #stephen of blois #house of blois #maison de blois

[ancientorigins]

Rollo, the legendary Viking warrior, invaded France and laid siege to Paris more than once. In the end, the French made peace with him and he was allowed to start a dynasty in the area known as Normandy today.

#Rollo #Duke of Normandy #Ragnar Lothbrok #Viking leader #West Francia #paris #Siege of Paris #Burgundy #Dudo of Saint-Quentin #Carolingian Empire #Charlemagne #ancient #history #ancient origins

[slapstikcomedyentertainment]

Hilarious Histories - September 27

Perhaps “The Tonight Show” had a larger impact on the world than William the Conqueror...

By Alexandra Paskhaver On September 27, 1066, the Duke of Normandy set sail to begin the Norman Conquest in an attempt to seize the English throne. Eight hundred eighty-eight years later to the day, “The Tonight Show” premiered, hosted by Steve Allen. Coincidence? I think not. The duke, known as William the Conqueror to his chums, had a big impact on people. Mainly on their heads, with a club.…

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#duke of normandy #duke william #norman conquest #old french #steve allen #the tonight show #william the conqueror

[historygoodies]

King John badge

King John of England

by CreativeHistory

#King John #King of England #English history #rebellion #Duke of Normandy #Plantegenet #civil war #Magna Carta #medieval history #medieval king #monarchy #badge #Zazzle #Plantagenet

[theancientwise]

Friendly reminder...

that this wonderful Lady, queen Emma of Normandy,

in "Vikings" continuity descended from

these two powerful and charismatic people...

and from this unpredictable motherfucker, or rather, siblingsfucker...

... No wonder she is such a badass!

(credits to vikings, vikings valhalla, and thanks to maevelin and samaraweaving for the gifs).

#vikingsedit #vikings #vikings valhalla #vikings rollo #vikings gisla #vikings charles #princess gisla #duke rollo of Normandy #emperor Charles #queen Emma of Normandy #rollo x gisla #proud ancestors #a lineage of true motherfuckers

[chaplinfortheages]

Top photo: French magazine Viola, March 28th 1931.

Charlie Chaplin on a boar hunt, Normandy France, March 25th 1931.

He didn’t bring the right clothes for the hunt, so he had to borrow a jacket and gloves from the Duke of Westminster that were way too big (you can tell in the pics), I think that made him look even smaller. He hated that horse too. The first horse they brought to him was wild and started bucking and Charlie hid behind a car, so they brought him a different horse.

discoveringchaplin.blogspot.com (x)

#charlie chaplin #duke of westminster #boar hunt #march 1931 #normandy #france #french magazine #viola #march 28th 1931

[909th]

i’ve started listening to historical audiobooks to go to sleep and recently my dreams have been taken over by visions of 1100s aquitaine

#the duchess has married the duke of normandy and the people are not happy abt it…

[ardenrosegarden]

little shit (affectionate)

#The expedition of William duke of Normandy and Earl Harold to Brittany in 1064 by KSB Keats-Rohan #*pokes the bear that is Normandy my entire life until I am poisoned in my hubris* #konan ii #eleventh century

[angryskarloey]

The newest OC on the pile - Llan Fawr:

#was not meant to be llan fawr #was gonna be an irl loco called duke of Normandy #was a pain in the arse to draw #ttte #ttte oc #clychaubedd & rhydayellon railway #ttte oc llan fawr #2-4-0 #ttte au #you can tell i was originally going for a contractor's engine by her rear buffers #the fucking sheet-metal ass cab was such a pain in the arse that i dropped this drawing for a day #and you lot keep wondering why i dont put cabs on the AFJR engines #cos i cant bloody draw them in 3/4 view

[stairnaheireann]

Knight of Glin and Glin Castle

Knight of Glin and Glin Castle

The Knight of Glin (dormant 14 September 2011), also known as the Black Knight or Knight of the Valley, was a hereditary title in the FitzGerald families of Co Limerick since the early 14th century. The family was a branch of the FitzGerald dynasty, or Geraldines, related to the Earls of Desmond (extinct), who were questionably granted extensive lands in Co Limerick by the Duke of Normandy by way…

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#Co. Limerick #Desmond Fitzgerald #Duke of Normandy #Earls of Desmond #England #Fitzgerald dynasty #Geraldines #Glin Castle #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Knight of Glin #Limerick #Lislaughtin Abbey #Queen Elizabeth I #Shannon Estuary #Stair na hÉireann

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The invasion of England by the Norman army in 1066 – Duke William of Normandy versus King Harold of England – would be far more than a regime change for the women of England.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quotes #normal women #philippa gregory #invasion #england #norman army #duke william #normandy #king harold #60s #1060s #11th century #regime #women #william the conqueror

[hadrian6]

Robert Duke of Normandy in Prison. 19th.century. John Dowman British 1750-1824. oil/canvas. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

#painting #19th.century #oil on canvas