Eleanor cross
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The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments erected in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had them built between 1291 and about 1295 in
Geddington, Northamptonshire, the best-preserved of the original crosses, and the only triangular one
Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England 1272–1290
Illumination from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (c. 1412–1416) depicting a cross possibly representing one of the montjoies of Louis IX
The surviving fragment of the Lincoln cross
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
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Hugh of Lincoln was an English boy whose death in Lincoln was falsely attributed to Jews. He is sometimes known as Little Saint Hugh or Little Sir Hugh to distinguish him from the adult saint, Hugh of
Eleanor cross
…Crosses played a role in rehabilitating Eleanor's image as an idealised Queen and woman, as well as projecting royal and spiritual power. The Lincoln tomb of a child falsely claimed to be martyred by Jews is widely assumed to form part of the series, positioning Eleanor and Edward as defenders against the recently…
The body of Hugh in its coffin, drawn by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1791)
Remains of the shrine in 2006
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