Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Charles Dickens tells the story of King Henry II and the enchantingly beautiful Rosamund Clifford.
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© Jonathan Cardy, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richard I thought a veteran Crusader and conqueror of Saladin could handle a few French peasants.
© Chris Gunns, via Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rudyard Kipling’s poem about St Wilfrid’s chaplain and an unusual Christmas congregation.
© Hayley Green, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Northumbrian monk is duped into wasting one of his beautifully-crafted sermons on a row of dumb rocks.
© Paul Farmer, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Driven out of Northumbria, Bishop Wilfrid goes to the south coast and saves a kingdom from starvation.
Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Victroia and Albert Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Windham MP was appalled at the idea of levying a tax on man’s best friend.