this radiation contains a chemicalfingerprint, from which the researchers worked out its age. we ve been working on this detective story for some time, putting all the pieces in place, and then we finally get an answer, something new, that brings together science and art into one story. it s fantastic. these are all stories that were recorded at the time they happened here. the discovery has astonished leonie seliger, who looks after the stained glass windows here. she believes the panels could go back to the mid 1100s, and were in place during major historical event of the cathedral, including the assassination of the then archbishop thomas becket, who features in many of these windows. they would have witnessed the murder of thomas becket. henry ii coming on his knees begging for forgiveness. they would have witnessed the conflagration of the fire that devoured the cathedral in 1174.
she believes that the re dated panels could go back to the mid 1100s, and were in place during great historical events at the cathedral, including the assassination of the then archbishop, thomas beckett, who features in many of these windows. they would have witnessed the murder of thomas becket, they would have witnessed henry ii come on his knees, begging for forgiveness, they would have witnessed the conflagration of the fire that devoured the cathedral in 1174, and then they would have witnessed all of british history. the cathedral contains a story of england s history, its artistry and its religious thinking. now, a new scientific discovery has given us a fresh perspective on the nation s past. pallab ghosh, bbc news, canterbury cathedral.
the discovery has astonished leonie seliger, who looks after the stained glass windows here. she believes the panels could go back to the mid 1100s, and were in place during major historical event of the cathedral, including the assassination of the then archbishop thomas becket, who features in many of these windows. they would have witnessed the murder of thomas becket. henry ii coming on his knees begging for forgiveness. they would have witnessed the conflagration of the fire that devoured the cathedral in 1174. and then they would have witnessed all of british history. the cathedral contains a story of england s history. its artistry and its religious thinking. now a new scientific discovery has given us a fresh perspective on the nation s past.
What it’s about: “Widespread looting of cheese,” is not a phrase we thought we’d hear outside of our spec script for a gritty
Wallace And Gromit reboot, but gouda-related violence marred an annual outdoor market in Nottingham, England in 1766 in what became known as the Great Cheese Riot.
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Biggest controversy: Then as now, people are not happy about price gouging. Winning the Seven Years’ War three years previous had come at a cost of alienating Great Britain from the other European powers, and inflaming tensions in its colonies in India and America. At home, England saw food shortages and rising prices, which came to a head in Nottingham’s annual Goose Fair (more on that later), when merchants from Lincolnshire bought wheels of cheese, intending to sell them in their own city well above their already inflated prices. Locals objected to large quantities of food leaving their hungry borough, and when a group of “rude lads” attacked the merchants, it th
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