tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8900330996808112594..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: King Richard at Chinon?Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74761841151966112032018-01-06T08:32:01.457+01:002018-01-06T08:32:01.457+01:00Yes, thanks Roderick. I was thinking that the stat...Yes, thanks Roderick. I was thinking that the statues probably stayed in the church, but I didn't think about convicts actually working in the church.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70934547368313392282018-01-06T01:56:33.293+01:002018-01-06T01:56:33.293+01:00Thank you for the information.Thank you for the information.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76377865898794054002018-01-05T22:09:36.756+01:002018-01-05T22:09:36.756+01:00The statues were not stored anywhere but were in t...The statues were not stored anywhere but were in the abbey's church with the convicts busy all around. As a teenager I visited the site with my parents. In response to the bell, a warder opened the prison gates with a set of large keys and beckoned us in. My English pride was mortified that a great English king, Henry II, should lie in that setting. RoderickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77028234908533112552018-01-05T13:48:17.386+01:002018-01-05T13:48:17.386+01:00They are so well preserved, I wonder where the gis...They are so well preserved, I wonder where the <i>gisants</i> were stored when Fontevraud was a prison?<br />chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45104903509218831952018-01-05T13:39:53.886+01:002018-01-05T13:39:53.886+01:00They are so well preserved, I wonder where the gis...They are so well preserved, I wonder where the <i>gisants</i> were stored when Fontevraud was a prison?<br />chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69132946668782582912018-01-05T13:23:32.196+01:002018-01-05T13:23:32.196+01:00Tey are so well preserved, I womder where the gisa...Tey are so well preserved, I womder where the <i>gisants</i> were stored when Fontevraud was a prison?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19997444580802461982018-01-05T12:59:43.370+01:002018-01-05T12:59:43.370+01:00I wish that I had seen that plaque on the building...I wish that I had seen that plaque on the building in Chinon -- I don't know that we visited the Musée du vieux Chinon, not unless it was part of the area where the ruins are (and it isn't, right?). Darn -- I'm sure we would have liked that. We did enjoy our visit to Fontevraud, just after Chinon!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50941928511388986202018-01-05T11:30:37.872+01:002018-01-05T11:30:37.872+01:00That's a great movie. Too bad it wasn't ac...That's a great movie. Too bad it wasn't actually filmed in Chinon, even though it's about Henry II Plantagenet and Aliénor and Richard the Lion-Hearted etc. in Chinon. Happy New Year to you and Paul, Ellen.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-25950408559658642322018-01-05T09:42:11.134+01:002018-01-05T09:42:11.134+01:00All this talk of Chinon brings to mind the wonderf...All this talk of Chinon brings to mind the wonderful film "A Lion in Winter" and the theme music from that movie.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.com