If you walk along Rue Martainville past Saint-Maclou church in Rouen, keep a sharp eye out for the quietly marked entrance to L' aître Saint-Maclou. Under a covered entrance way, along an ancient alley and up a small ramp, turn right and you are in a very strange courtyard. Lining up our
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What would Hamo do for love, in medieval Lisieux?
It is always an irritation to great men when the minutiae of daily life distracts them from working on their greatness. So it was for Bishop Arnulf of Lisieux. A rebellious sort of love got in his way. The overbearing Bishop By all accounts a remarkable man, Arnulf parlayed a rich inheritance, fabulous
In days of old when Knights were bold, in Brionne, Normandy
First publishes February 8, 2015 Our vintage postcard led us to a hill high above Brionne in Eure, Normandy. Here we discovered the crumbling remains of a vast 11th century fortification that revealed Brionne's place in the heart of Normandy history, and introduced us to a long lost medieval hero. A fearsome
Tragedy and a pig’s punishment in medieval Falaise
Sées and the wicked sons of Soreng
The Convent de la Miséricorde at Sées is a place for quiet contemplation. We matched our postcard from a little street in a nearby housing estate and the changes seemed superficial. Something timeless strengthens the Convent at Sées. The caring nuns of Miséricorde do good works as far afield as Africa.