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Without Elizabeth we’r have lost our Welsh language ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 she was our Queen as much as English

Henry VII was an English king but a true Welshman ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 our flag comes from his sigil ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thanks for sharing your visit with us. Does the environment/temperature etc have to be maintained at a certain level to preserve the paintings? And is lamp black an ochre colour or it is derived from a lamp? Fascinating video and look into the past. Blessings to all who have congregated at the church throughout history.

Coming back to this wonderful video with a brainstorm: I visited the Jewel House for the first time a few months after the coronation of Charles III, so only have ever seen Queen Mary's Crown with Queen Camilla's adjustments. Mary's crown was initially set with the Koh-i-Noor, and after it was placed in Queen Elizabeth's 1937 Crown, we saw her use the crown as a circlet, with the Cullinan V brooch in its place, as we saw Camilla wearing it. Queen Elizabeth II often wore the Cullinan V brooch, so leaves me asking this: what was the centrepiece of Mary's crown in the Jewel House display prior to the 2023 coronation adjustments? A replica Koh-i-Noor? The Cullinan V which was removed and left an empty space in the crown at the request of the late Queen when she wished to wear it? And where are the four additional arches stored - could it be within a Royal Trust warehouse or somewhere deep within the protected vault at the Tower of London? Cheers Allan. Michael.

I think he'd have been better off being cremated , like his brother poet Shelley. Rather than be disturbed in such a disgusting fashion. I'm just amazed some sicko didn't nick his dead todger to crumble into an aphrodisiac. Just like king tut. RIP. Hardly.

Fabulous. Thankyou.

The leather tooling of the cover is simply astonishing ❤

Truly amazing how the Christian tradition has endured so many years and the very buildings of antiquity are still used for the purpose they were originally constructed for and tell so many tails of our collective tormentous past .

Fascinating and am contacting Co op funeral services to see if my policy will stretch to a similar obsequies.

Exquisite paintings ❤

England didn't execute Charles I, Puritan revolutionary usurpers did. This dark part of English history is the forerunner to the French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution. All of which had show/rig trails with the same bloody murderous outcome.

This is awe inspiring. A miracle that these paintings survived. Truly a Holy gift to all who can view them

Ahh. SO delightful the birdsong and this profound 'find'! Thank you so much and best to you and yours from Oklahoma. 🇺🇲

Be an Athiest if you will but keep quiet. It's cheaper to make folks believe a God is watching over their shoulders than spend money on Chinese mfg home security cameras that may last a year and allow you more time to keep an efficient eye on other Athiests.

Who would not (or has not for lack of opportunity), been just like him, raised in opportunity forming enviroment beyond his control ? Forgive anyone who supported Prince Charles. My ancestor arrived in America as a result had less oportunity but a longer life.

Thank you for this comprehensive look at the abbey. However, I am interested in the logistics of catering for everyone so would like to have seen the kitchens. I imagine they would be massive but were they? Regards, Veronique.

Love meeting 'Old Ghosts' of any age or place in time. Makes my own soul more content somehow. Suspect I am not alone in the sensation . . .

The cross on the crown became crooked in the 1620s. The crown was needed for the coronation of a queen, but the crown guard forgot the key to the chest containing the crown at home. Locksmiths were called to open the chest. They opened the chest, but the crown was damaged in the process. The damage cannot be repaired without replacing the parts. The cross remains slanted because the originality is more important.

St Stephen received a crown from Pope Sylvester II from Rome for his coronation on Christmas 1000. Hungary did not want to be dependent on either the Byzantine Empire or the Holy Roman Empire. That is why he chose Rome and the Pope to accept Christianity. The Pope gave the king of Hungary an apostolic title, which gives the king the right to appoint bishops, archbishops and abbots. The Pope just approves.

Thank you, sir, from across the pond. The near ubiquitous tangible history that surrounds you Brits & the Continentals has always been a source of envy from my perspective and I've thoroughlyenjoyedthetime I'vebeenable to spend over there. Thanks for bringing some of these gems to film in an approachable yet articulate format. Cheers.

Thank god the Americans found it, if it was the russians it would've probrably "dissapeared"

Excellent video - thank you very much

A beautiful, poignant monument to another short life. All that she saw and lived no doubt took its toll on her. Perhaps it's a good thing she rests in peace, safe on the Isle of Wight. Thanks so much Allan.

Hi Allan, I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your channel. Your videos are so interesting, and I look forward to each one. Also, I love the music you start and finish with, a lovely touch!

What a wonderful treasure-trove of information this video is! Thank you for your quality and diligent work. - A Canadian anglophile

Excellent

what wonderful survivals, spared from the scrapers

Mr. Barton, one can scarcely express sufficient gratitude for your videos at large and, most especially, the comments on the Rood Screens and the medieval concepts of the sacramental life. One grows rather weary of trying to explain (to the American people) the manipulation of history; that being the false teachings that all medieval concepts are superstitious. Having been partially raised in Europe, I was privileged to learn historical facts rather than the myths imposed on the public. Thanks again for your considerable efforts.

Absolutely splendid, and, yes, so very touching and human, as you say. I would love it if my church in British Columbia, with its tall, whitewashed concrete walls, blackened with decades of soot from thuribles - were adorned with depictions from Scripture and church history, painted by talented members or residents of the parish. We're a visual species - I believe our experience of the transcendent is enlivened by the visual arts. Thanks for all you do.

Very interesting, with a poetic mood of remembrance. Appreciate this from Minnesota, USA.

Amazing vídeo, Allan

I actually felt like I could hear you 'chuckle with delight' how lovely just like the medieval free hand expression in all its mermaid glory 😊😊 thank you Sir x

Hello Allan! It’s so very beautiful to hear you tell the stories of the vast number we found.Arag❤

Thank you for a wonderful video. ❤❤❤

I very much enjoy your videos.

The contrast you made of the May birdsong at the end, to that of the silent eloquence of those gorgeous wall paintings, was poetic, Allan. Thank you for a wonderful video.

That was fascinating, especially as I’ve just returned from a weekend at Worcester where I was part of a visiting choir singing the weekend services at the Cathedral. I hadn’t realised that his tomb hadn’t always been situated before the high altar.

Well done Allan! The crispness of the video and all of the atmospheric audio makes me feel like I am actually there!

This was a fantastic episode. Really enjoyable.

Fabulous as ever, thank you. If you are ever in South Wales the wonderful wall paintings of Llancafan may well be worth a video.

Thank you for the detailed and informative video. I have one thing to add, that the only 2 Habsburg kings were crowned in Budapest, Franz Josef I. and Karl IV., since the city was only established in 1853 unifying Buda, Pest and Óbuda under the name Budapest. All other kings were crowned in one of these cities: Esztergom, Székesfehérvár, Pozsony, Sopron and Buda, where - as previous comments mentioned - the main city for coronations was Székesfehérvár. The name also indicates that this city was the main seat of the king and his court during the middle ages. So the sentence that the Habsburgs rushed to Budapest to get crowned is not quite true regarding the city, however, legally no king could hold office without a coronation where St. Stephans Crown was placed on his head (for Maria Theresia the crown touched her shoulder).

Encountering nettles, hold your breath, they don't sting.

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Thank you so much. This is one of your best ever videos, not just for the wonderful paintings but for your erudite and sensitive commentary. I really appreciate the way you don't talk down to your audience. This church would make a lovely article for The Antiquary, hint hint.....

Thank you Allan, another wonderful video! 😁🙏

Huh. I never knew Saint Christopher was huge.

is it safe to assume that these wall paintings suffered from the iconoclasm of the post reformation zealots? (I won't go into how I feel about zealotry)