Medieval Knights: 12 of the Best
I am including two sites for possible visits —the first is on today’s subject
the 2nd isn’t but might be helpfull otherwise:
An Introduction to Tai Chi
Eight Knights Who Changed History
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Today we go back to the Knights (historical and not so much—hey I’m nothing without my fantasy now am I????!!!!!!!!!!!!!) those who were real, those that were legendary and into our current century (and the last) to look at knights that were anything from fictional to down right silly—-and we’ll try to give you some places to go—virtually and if it ever returns in real time and space—and of course the movies, book and the like all to keep you entertained, inspired, educated and on and on and on.
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Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film written and performed by the comedy group of Monty Python, and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their popular BBC television programme Monty Python’s Flying Circus
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| Cinematography | Terry Bedford |
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From Wikipedia
Medieval Knight Timeline
A NEW LISTING IN KEY WEST (I do not get anything out of this except I can dream can’t I?)
A similar distinction is enjoyed by the Middle Temple near the Inner Temple
on the Embankment.
Here in 1601 was the first performance of Twelfth Night. Founded by the
is architecturally magnificent, with cloisters and gardens. A horn still summons members to dinner and would-be lawyers ar still requird to dine here a certain numbr of times during the year.
London
An Inight Guide
This is bar none my faorite Church in London and a must see—once they open up for visitors again—I visited here on my first trip to London (I stayed 3 wks 2 on my own) and fell in love with this small (for a London) church—with its Templer Knight effigies).
When I viisted it then I was the only visitor—and one church attendee as my only company.
Then came Tom Hanks and the Divinci Code (that many people still beiieve is real and not just another fun Hollywood Fiction—and my next visit a few year later found the place found the church teaming with people that had seen the movie was wanted to see the church close up.
The Templers were elsewhere in England and all over Europe
The Teutonic Order of Knights – The German Crusaders that Made Prussia Great Again
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Glastonbury Tor can be ascended via a steep path from the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury town (about a mile), or via an easier path from Wellhouse Lane, the road that leads to the Tor Parkfrom the center of town.
and the Abbey legends says was the final resting place of the once and future King as well
The Glastonbury Tor Bus runs from the Glastonbury Abbey car park in town to the base of Glastonbury Tor every 30 minutes. It is a summer service only (May to mid-September) and costs £1 for all day.
Big Batch Desserts That You Can Keep On Enjoying
Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Malta)
In 1309, after their expulsion from the Holy Land, the hospitallers conquered Rhodes from the Byzantines and made it their new hadquartrs. In 1522 they were forced to leave the island by the Ottomans
and were given the islands of Malta and Gozo in fiefdom by Emperor Charles V. Thy immediately fortified the two islands with a ring of strongholds and citadels. This same year knights started work on expanding a small castle located on the promontory of Birgu (today Vittorisa) of the north coast of Malta, into a major fort, which they called St. Angelo. This was to become the headquarters of the grand master of the order and also accommodated the house of the castellan and the order’s chapel of St. Anne.
Monestaries: Place of spirituality and seclusion
Marcs Hattstein
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Dome of the RockThe gold-capped Dome of the Rock stands atop the Temple Mount (Al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf) in Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives is in the background.
The Armies of the Crusades
And what better place to recall the Knight than in thier most mythical and
Solders fought on both sides and with religious beliefs and actually introduced (on the European side) Monks into the Knight format.
and what better place than Jeresulem
The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099, during the First Crusade. The climax of the First Crusade, the successful siege saw the Crusaders take Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate and laid the foundations for the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The siege is notable for the mass slaughter of Muslims and Jews perpetrated by the Christian crusaders, which contemporaneous sources suggest was savage and widespread.[10][11]
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The last (and 5th) Crusade was called by Innocence III in 1213
Remembering the Crusades: Myth, Image, and Identity
Via Dolorosa
Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow) to the Holy Sepulchre—another of the pilgrams activity and dates back into the long distant past that the Crusaders were said to have been restoring by recapturing Jeresalem..
Citadel (Tower of David) and Surrounds
Built by Herod to defend the city—the city later to the Romans who used it, but it eventually deteriorated but was successively rebuilt by the Crusaders, Egypt’s Mamelukes and Turks, during their years of reign over Jerusalem. The building you now see was built in the 14th century on the foundations of the original Phasael Tower. Inside is the Tower of David Museum, which relays the story of Jerusalem
Monastery of the Cross
Georgian monks controlled the church until the 18th century, when it passed back into the hands of Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox community.
There is so much more to see in Jeresulem but those will get you started
What Were the Crusades and How Did They Impact Jerusalem?
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And this all brings me to my Header Quote:
Kingdom Comes Ridley Scott Style
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The Knight of Wans signifirs a departure from challenge. He is unsure of commitment and connot confront his own felings. In positive terms, this card indicates that one may have escaped difficulties.
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Bridget Reed
Medieval Times Dinner Theater – Official Site – Knights …
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