Anthony Bale ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Profile picture
Medievalist professor @Cambridge_Uni @GirtonCollege. Not posting here; now on bluesky at same username
Sep 17, 2022 โ€ข 11 tweets โ€ข 5 min read
Several people have told me that #TheQueue ( #thequeueforthequeen) is like something from the Middle Ages and have asked me, as a medievalist, about it. Here are a few #medieval thoughts about some similarities and differences. ๐Ÿงต People on @BBCr4today described seeing flashes of light at the catafalque. Similar signs were reported at medieval royal shrines; e.g at St Fremund's tomb at Offchurch (Warwickshire) the sun shone brightly as a 'special sygne', guiding pilgrims to the entombment of the saint St Fremund's body entombed under an elaborate canopy at Offc