#MedievalMonday Goodrich castle in the Welsh marches. Unlike some fancified later castles, this was built for conflict and control in a febrile region

Clifford’s Tower in York. The current structure dates to the 13th century, and is the largest surviving part of York Castle. #MedievalMonday

Byzantine Gold Bracelet with a Bust of the Virgin Mary, c. 600 AD, from Egypt.

British Museum.

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#MedievalMonday & Christchurch Priory looking particularly beautiful in the 5am sunlight

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this is the incredibly remote St Mary's Church on the island of Bressay, Shetland
Thought to be the earliest cruciform church on Shetland, it also has a rather wonderful pictish stone found nearby

📍 Tamworth Castle, Staffs.
An incredible Motte & Bailey castle which miraculously survived being slighted during the civil war.

For #MedievalMonday check out this #Psalter from the abbey library of St. Gall, one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world. This little beaut probably dates from the 9th century. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 15 #MedievalTwitter
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Bishops were managers of the medieval Church in Scotland. Each bishop administered a diocese and oversaw all the parish priests. This also included rights of “visitation” over monasteries, making sure that they were being run in accordance to their monastic rules. #MedievalMonday

It's another #MedievalMonday 😄

🏰🐎 Step back in time to the 13th century, where knights clashed in exhilarating jousting matches at #medieval tournaments!

The thunderous charge, the clash of lances, and the chivalry on display made for an unforgettable spectacle.

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Dr Emily Guerry Norwich Cathedral Rather sinister foliate head Norwich Cathedral #cloister #medieval #MedievalMonday

The Castle of Cardona, Spain.

The fortress was initially constructed by Wilfred the Hairy in 886 AD.

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In the graveyard of Lanercost Priory, founded about 1165 by Henry II, in ruins now.
#Cumbria

A Map of the Merovingian Kingdom at its greatest extent.

It was the largest and most powerful of the states of western Europe following the breaking up of the empire of Theodoric the Great.

📷: Rudric

#AncientMaps #MedievalMonday

Here’s what 30 historical figures actually looked like in real life

Canon Table from the Zeyt'un Gospels, 1256, from Armenia.

Getty Museum.

#MedievalMonday #MedievalManuscripts

Crickhowell #Castle AKA Alisby's Castle began life as an motte and bailey in the C12th. It was rebuilt in stone in 1272. Refortified in 1402 it was attacked & left in ruins by Owain Glyndŵr’s forces in 1403. By the C16th it was described an uninhabitable. #Castle Saturday

#MedievalMonday & can't have the medieval highlights of Christchurch without the fantastic Norman House, a great example of Norman domestic architecture with surviving chimney
built around 1160

French Gilded Copper Eucharist Dove, c. 1215-1235.

It would have hung over an altar as an evocation of the Holy Spirit.

Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#MedievalMonday #MedievalArt

Another quick #MedievalMonday : Ludlow Castle. What a gem, jam packed with history and home to many of the great and good (and not so good) scions of the English medieval royal families

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RT’d for #MotteMonday #TamworthCastle in #Staffordshire (or possibly #Warwickshire )

Originally a C11th Motte and Bailey Castle remodelled in stone in C12th/ C13th

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RT’d for #MotteMonday & #MedievalMonday #CrickhowellCastle in #Powys #Wales was originally a C12th Motte and Bailey Castle

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