Roman Canterbury
The oldest part of Canterbury is in the cathedral city, but even further back than the medieval period, Canterbury was a Roman town called Durovernum. On the final leg of their road trip, David and Mariza visit this historic town not only to visit the Roman museum, but also the earliest Christian church in England, which Queen Bertha of Kent attended and where King Ethelbert was baptized. Also in this episode, the team visits Bignor Roman Villa and Lullingstone Roman Villa, both of which contain fascinating ancient artifacts.
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Places to see in ( Canterbury - UK )
Places to see in ( Canterbury - UK )
Canterbury, a cathedral city in southeast England, was a pilgrimage site in the Middle Ages. Ancient walls, originally built by the Romans, encircle its medieval centre with cobbled streets and timber-framed houses. Canterbury Cathedral, founded 597 A.D., is the headquarters of the Church of England and Anglican Communion, incorporating Gothic and Romanesque elements in its stone carvings and stained-glass windows.
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England. Canterbury lies on the River Stour.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion owing to the importance of St Augustine, who served as the apostle to the pagan Kingdom of Kent around the turn of the 7th century. The city's cathedral became a major focus of pilgrimage following the 1170 martyrdom of Thomas Becket, although it had already been a well-trodden pilgrim destination since the murder of St Alphege by the men of King Canute in 1012. A journey of pilgrims to Becket's shrine served as the frame for Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century classic The Canterbury Tales.
Canterbury is a popular tourist destination: consistently one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom, the city's economy is heavily reliant upon tourism. The city has been occupied since Paleolithic times and served as the capital of the Celtic Cantiaci and Jute Kingdom of Kent. Many historical structures fill the area, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle, and the oldest extant school in the world, the King's School. Modern additions include the Marlowe Theatre and the St Lawrence Ground, home of the Kent County Cricket Club. There is also a substantial student population, brought about by the presence of the University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, the University for the Creative Arts, and the Girne American University Canterbury campus. Canterbury remains, however, a small city in terms of geographical size and population, when compared with other British cities.
Alot to see in ( Canterbury - UK ) such as :
St Augustine's Abbey
Canterbury Roman Museum
Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
Canterbury Heritage Museum
Canterbury Castle
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Westgate, Canterbury
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral
Kent Museum of Freemasonry
Chilham Castle
St Martin's Church, Canterbury
Westgate Gardens
Dane John Gardens
Toddler's Cove Playground
The Canterbury Tales
Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint
Tower of St. Mary Magdelene
( Canterbury - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Canterbury . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Canterbury - UK
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Roman Museum, Canterbury, and Democracy at work
This one starts quietly but works up to an Impassioned and moving speech, given on 21 January 2010 by Paul Bennett, respected archaeologist and director of Canterbury Archaeological Trust, about the Roman Museum which preserves a Roman pavement and Scheduled Ancient Monument in Canterbury, Kent. Did you know that the remains of the Roman house surrounding the pavement is a Grade I building?
Don't miss the sting in the tail at the end of the vid, spoken by Councillor John Gilbey.
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This video replaces the previous one, with accurate information and better photos.
NB: The exhibit shown at the end of the vid is a tiny household deity, known as a hooded dwarf.
Top 15 Tourist Attractions in Canterbury - Travel England
Top 15 Tourist Attractions in Canterbury - Travel England:
Canterbury Cathedral, Westgate Gardens, Howletts Wild Animal Park, The Marlowe Theatre, The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, St. Augustine's Abbey, The Canterbury Tales, Dane John Gardens, Greyfriars Chapel and Franciscan Gardens, Canterbury Heritage Museum, Canterbury Roman Museum, Westgate Towers, Christ Church Gate, Canterbury Norman Castle, Canterbury Norman Castle, Canterbury City Walls
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Museum of Canterbury
focusedproductions.co.uk Packed with hands-on activies that have been designed to appeal to family groups, this museum can be found in a medieval Poor Priests' Hospital on the riverbank in Stour Street, Canterbury.
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Sint-Janscollege, Sint-Amandsberg
Leerlingen van het tweede jaar krijgen, tijdens een bezoek aan 'The Roman Museum' in Canterbury, een opdracht voor het vak Geschiedenis.
YHA Canterbury
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Close to the cathedral, YHA Canterbury is a great base for exploring the Garden of England, the Kent coast or the Pilgrims Way. Near to the ferry ports and only one hour from London. Great for shopping, relaxing, sightseeing or experiencing some outdoor activities You'll find the Roman-walled city of Canterbury crammed with history and culture. YHA Canterbury is popular with groups and individuals alike. Attractions include the cathedral, abbey, museums, guided tours and theatres. Within easy reach of the North Downs Way and Pilgrims Way. Take a day trip to France then share your adventures over a drink in the bar. Please note, we do not charge an additional temporary membership fee. Discounts are not available for members of YHA (England & Wales) or IYHF as part of this booking*All bookings for more than 16 people will not be accepted by YHA and will be cancelled.*At YHA Canterbury we strive to cater for everybody. Unfortunately none of our bedrooms or washrooms is accessible to modern standards.We also have:2 steps up into buildingPortable ramp availableGround floor bedroomsPortable induction loopVibrating pillow alarmEn-suite rooms
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Th River Stour at Canterbury
Canterbury a city steeped in history, but founded by a river, a ever of life and a taker of life.
Rare Roman Helmet in Canterbury Museum
A rare helmet from the mid-1st century BC has gone on display in Canterbury Roman Museum.
Beautiful Canterbury Cathedral and The Canterbury Tales
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Visit Canterbury Cathedral and The Canterbury Tales
Canterbury (Listeni/ˈkæntərˌbɜri/ or /ˈkæntərˌbɛri/)[1] is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour.
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt 1070-77. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174 , with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly written in verse although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.
After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, the Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372.
The Mayflower was the ship that in 1620 transported 102 English Pilgrims, including a core group of Separatists, to New England. Their story is one of travail and survival in a harsh New World environment.
Robert Cushman (1578 -- 1625) Robert Cutchman or Cushman was baptized at Rolvenden, County Kent, England, February 9, 1577/8. He served as the Chief Agent for the Separatist Leiden contingent and that of Plymouth Colony from 1617 to his death in the spring of 1625.[1]
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Canterbury, England - Chaucer's Inspiration
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were inspired by this town located in Kent in the south of England. The Westgate Museum is housed in the Medieval Fortified Gatehouse, containing armery from the area's military skirmishes throughout history. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of the Anglican Church and Palace Street thrums with shops and trendy cafés.
UK: 1ST EDITION OF THE CANTERBURY TALES SELLS FOR RECORD PRICE
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A 15th century first edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, printed in 1477, sold for a record 4 (m) million 6-hundred twenty one thousand 5-hundred pounds (7.53 million US dollars) at Christie's in London on Wednesday night.
The book was estimated to fetch between 5-hundred thousand and 7-hundred thousand pounds.
Printed by the English printer William Caxton, and the last of the remaining 12 copies left in private hands, the book was bought by London dealers, Maggs Brothers.
The leather bound volume set a new price record for any printed book.
The previous record sale was for the Guttenberg Bible which sold for 5.3 (m) million dollars at Christie's in New York in 1987.
The books were part of a collection owned by Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam, and housed at Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, northern England. The collection was started in the 15th century by Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.
The Chaucer was originally bought at an auction in 1776, for 6 pounds, by the first Earl Fitzwilliam and it has remained in his family library ever since.
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You will find other incidences of books having been in a family for a long period of time, but in this case to have all of them in such a stable collection and in a known collection that we can actually say when they came into the collection is very exciting.
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The same sale saw other examples of fine printing.
An edition of the first book printed in English, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye translated from French by Caxton and printed in either 1473 or 1474, sold at the auction for 771,500 pounds (1.23 million dollars).
Other works for sale included a very early guide to fishing.
The Canterbury Tales is considered one of the classic works of English literature.
A modern edition of the same book can be bought in any London bookstore for less than four pounds (six U-S dollars).
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Canterbury film trailer
Trailer for a full length film about Canterbury, UK. Tracing it's often bloody history from before the Romans to the present day. The murder of Thomas Becket in the Cathedral, The Vikings, William the Conqueror. Stunning never before seen aerial footage taken both inside and out. The medieval Jail, local museums, zoos, tea rooms, English pubs and restaurants, in fact, everything you might want to know or see in this most beautiful city in the garden of England.
Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
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A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever created: The Canterbury Tales. Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic collection.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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Canterbury Museum Promo
Five students from the New Zealand Broadcasting School - they call themselves Innuendo Media - made this neat promo about the Museum as part of their course work. We loved it so much we wanted to share it. Well done Stella Wilton-Stuart, Megan Heustice, Sian Lovelock, Rebecca Cameron and Tom Irwin.
Caerleon Roman Museum, Complete original Roman Helmet
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