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In one of the world’s most popular legends, bold hero St George rides to the rescue of a maiden in distress.
Picture: © Maigheach-gheal, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted May 1 2020
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Will Langland tells how after the crucifixion, the soul of Christ went down to Hades to fetch Piers the Ploughman and the rest of hopeless humanity.
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Posted April 10 2020
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In ‘Do-bet,’ the sequel to his popular ‘Vision of Piers the Ploughman,’ Will Langland dreams about the trial of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate, and what followed.
Picture: From the Vaux Passional, via the National Library of Wales and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted April 9 2020
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Will Langland, a contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer, dreams he is looking for his old friend Piers the Ploughman in Jerusalem just when Christ rides in on a donkey.
Picture: From the Benedictional of St Athelwold, via the British Library and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted April 8 2020
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Edmund, King of the East Angles, is given a stark choice by the Viking warrior who has ravaged his realm.
Picture: From the Passion of St Edmund, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted March 31 2020
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Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf reminds us that God’s gifts to men are many and varied, and nobody ever gets them all.
Picture: From the Utrecht Psalter, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted March 29 2020