tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post3936641883686200286..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: A Visit to Assandun (maybe)Clerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-13915412969206417332016-08-31T08:24:57.856+01:002016-08-31T08:24:57.856+01:00On 10 Sept 2016 there is to be a reenactment of th...On 10 Sept 2016 there is to be a reenactment of the Battle of Assandun at Waltons estate between Ashdon and Hadstock. I live not far from Ashdon and had never heard of the battle and found your interesting blog while doing some background reading.<br />I'm now trying to work out where the Red Field is. And definitely going to revisit Ely.Celia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-88781009411040823092015-07-27T16:28:06.958+01:002015-07-27T16:28:06.958+01:00Can't thank you enough for this site and all y...Can't thank you enough for this site and all your fine work. I stumbled onto this site on a very lucky day and consider it a life treasure for all I'm learning. You make these ancient times live and I'm enthralled by the vividness with which you bring the ancients to life. My heritage is English and connections of blood are very real - from Virginia I send you much admiration and Ilene Shipmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312192050314272479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-62556316214301397572015-06-17T19:20:22.008+01:002015-06-17T19:20:22.008+01:00I definitely will one day! Perhaps next year, the ...I definitely will one day! Perhaps next year, the 1000th anniversary...Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-12289577200086325232015-06-17T11:59:05.302+01:002015-06-17T11:59:05.302+01:00Terrific post, but you really should visit Ashingd...Terrific post, but you really should visit Ashingdon. I grew up in the next village. The church overlooks what to my untutored eye would have made a very fine battlefield.jwripplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745623387676981805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-33403993656712415922015-06-09T09:16:45.807+01:002015-06-09T09:16:45.807+01:00I forgot (5), the Battle of Maldon, as I've re...I forgot (5), the Battle of Maldon, as I've rented Northey Island twice for holidays and always wanted to re-enact the battle by lining up either side of the causeway a Danes and Angles shouting abuse to each other until the tide recedes and we can fight properly. No one else in the house party was up for it, which is probably just as well as the house on the island was built by Nobel Peace CarmenAndConquesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095841252721520510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-67410938171769545232015-06-09T09:00:28.766+01:002015-06-09T09:00:28.766+01:00What a fantastic blog and post! This resonates wi...What a fantastic blog and post! This resonates with me on so many levels: (1) As a member of the Society of St Botolph I visited and toured Hadsham last year and viewed its wonders again with you; (2) I've sat contemplating in that chapel with Latin inscriptions at Ely; (3) I've been tracing Stigand's rise and career; (4) because I have retranscribed and translated from the Latin theCarmenAndConquesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095841252721520510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-8638306494372033102014-10-30T15:15:15.827+00:002014-10-30T15:15:15.827+00:00Thank you for that Eliot quotation - I'm still...Thank you for that Eliot quotation - I'm still trying to think through what reconciliation actually means in an eleventh-century context, and 'the constitution of silence' is a thought-provoking phrase.<br /><br />And thanks for the compliment, too - this post was a real labour of love!Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-72452564916226437242014-10-28T13:58:35.717+00:002014-10-28T13:58:35.717+00:00I am also reminded (once again--I may have mention...I am also reminded (once again--I may have mentioned this in an earlier comment) of T.S.Eliot's notions of reconciliation. In "Little Gidding," Eliot writes "We cannot revive old factions/ We cannot restore old policies/ Or follow an antique drum./These men, and those who opposed them/ And those whom they opposed/ Accept the constitution of silence/ And are folded into a Harold Rennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-56840634162588753792014-10-28T13:50:10.882+00:002014-10-28T13:50:10.882+00:00I saw Ely Cathedral in 1971, and knew nothing of t...I saw Ely Cathedral in 1971, and knew nothing of this at the time. Thank you, thank you, thank you. All of your blog posts are wonderful, but you've outdone yourself with this one.Harold Rennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-28960439693544995472014-10-18T21:52:51.639+01:002014-10-18T21:52:51.639+01:00I am planning a visit to Ely Cathedral, a lovely p...I am planning a visit to Ely Cathedral, a lovely place. This had added another layer to it.Sue Nnoreply@blogger.com