Oliver can't take the rap for this one. He came later. This Cromwell was Thomas, Henry VIII's chief minister and architect of the programme to dissolve the monasteries and a distant relative to Oliver.
Olly was partly responsible for the other piece of cultural vandalism in Rick's picture of the West front of Wells Cathedral, being a leading light in the puritan movement that destroyed many works of art in its campaign to remove idolatry from churches. Chris On 17 June 2015 at 03:02, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Old Oliver was a real bastard! > > Quite beautiful, even in ruins. Shame about the light, but what can you do? > Still a lovely photo. > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 16 June, 2015 7:57:07 PM EDT, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: >>It was another beautiful day with harsh light, but one must suffer for >>one's art... >> >>Glastonbury Abbey was well-established by the time of the Domesday Book >>in 1086, though it needed rebuilding after a fire in the 1100s. It >>thrived until Cromwell had it destroyed, and had the Abbott hanged, >>drawn, and quartered in 1539; it then fell into ruin. >> >>The floor is no longer present, hence the slightly unusual composition. >> >>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18040493&size=lg >> >>(K-5, DA 16-45) >> >>Comments appreciated! >> >>Rick > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
