Entering the Lady Chapel you meet a gracious, light and open space. The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries saw the rise of the cult of the Virgin Mary, and chapels in her honour were added to many churches and cathedrals, including Ely. This chapel is exceptional as it is by far the largest attached to any [...]
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Filed under Ely 2018, Faith Foundations, Holidays
The Lady Chapel
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2018
Filed under Cambridge 2017, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays
Site of the White Horse Inn
Known as ‘Little Germany’ where Cambridge scholars debated the works of Martin Luther in the Early sixteenth century.
A birthplace of the reformation in England.
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 21st 2017
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Faith, Recusancy and Priest Holes
Bear with me…
Content coming soon
Update 18/09/17 – links to currently uploaded posts added below. I have some posts yet to be written. I also need to add an intro to this post
Update 25/07/23 – I still need to write the intro
People:
Imprisoned – John Gerard, Catholic Priest, 1597
John Gerard’s story [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2017
