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Hace 5 días · Br Reginald Herbert O.P. Br Reginald is a student brother in simple vows. He was born in London and grew up in Hounslow, before reading physics and UCL and then a PGCE at St. Mary’s, Twickenham. He met the Dominicans as a student in London and joined the Order in 2021 after spending some time teaching abroad.
Hace 5 días · ‘I first encountered the Dominicans when I was still an Anglican, living at Pusey House, next door to Blackfriars, Oxford.’ Gregory Pearson 'The same thing which had led me to the Church, seeking to present an intelligible account of Christian belief, was, I discovered, at the heart of the Dominican vocation'
Hace 5 días · A devastating pandemic. In 1348, the bubonic plague known as the Black Death reached the British Isles. The first outbreak ended in 1351, but the plague returned in 1356, 1361 and 1369. The impact of this on the country was huge. The population was devastated, falling by between one third and a half.
Hace 2 días · THE BLACK FRIARS OF PONTEFRACT (fn. 1) The story of the foundation of this house is told by a contemporary Dominican, Ralph de Bocking, in his life of Richard Wych, Bishop of Chichester. (fn. 2) Edmund de Lacy, son of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, and Margaret de Quincy, was born in 1227. He early attached himself to Richard Wych, and after ...
Hace 4 días · THE BLACK FRIARS OF CHELMSFORD. Nothing is known of the foundation of this house, which was situated in the hamlet of Moulsham; though it must have taken place after 1221, when the Black Friars (fn. 1) first came to England. Very little is known of its history.
Hace 5 días · In 1756 the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London obtained authority by Act of Parliament (fn. 243) to build a bridge at Blackfriars, the third bridge across the Thames to be erected in the London area. It was designed by Robert Mylne. (fn. n1) The first pile was driven in 1760; it was made passable as a bridle way in 1768 and was ...
Hace 3 días · Peninsular War. The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence.
