ClaireFromClare, 6 months ago @medievalists #13thCentury #realpolitik article! including this splendid image of #KingJohn holding a model of #Beaulieu abbey. Legend says that he founded it after a quarrel with the #Cistercian order & subsequent nightmare of being beaten by monks. Gratitude & prayers ensued! 🎨 by #MatthewParis from the #HistoriaAnglorum, #BritishLibrary MS Royal 14 C VII, f.9r. #medieval #manuscript #history #Templars @medievodons @histodons
@medievalists #13thCentury #realpolitik article!
including this splendid image of #KingJohn holding a model of #Beaulieu abbey.
Legend says that he founded it after a quarrel with the #Cistercian order & subsequent nightmare of being beaten by monks. Gratitude & prayers ensued!
🎨 by #MatthewParis from the #HistoriaAnglorum, #BritishLibrary MS Royal 14 C VII, f.9r.
#medieval #manuscript #history #Templars @medievodons @histodons