Tag Archives: Kenilworth
Kenilworth: An Elizabethan garden #atozchallenge
Yesterday I briefly visited Kenilworth for a joust, today I’m back again for my letter K. Kenilworth is jam packed with history and famed for two notable inhabitants: John of Gaunt and Robert Dudley. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and a son of Edward III, took ownership of the castle and constructed a great […]
Jousting #atozchallenge
I’ve picked something a little different for J. Not a castle itself, but something associated with castles of the medieval period – Jousts. You might have seen the movie The Knight’s Tale, starring the late Heath Ledger, and the modern retelling of the chivalrous world of jousts and Chaucer. The backdrop of the tiltyard, the […]
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