Peter of Blois was a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat. He is particularly noted for his corpus of Latin letters.
Baldwin of Forde, Peter's tutor and friend, as depicted on the exterior of Canterbury Cathedral.
Peter's pupil, William II, depicted offering Monreale Cathedral to the Virgin Mary.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine holding court.
The Young King Henry, whose rebellion against his father signalled a rupture in the Angevin dynasty.
Hubert Walter was an influential royal adviser in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries in the positions of Chief Justiciar of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor. As chan
Statue of Hubert Walter from the exterior of Canterbury Cathedral
The capture of King Richard I from the Chronicle of Petrus de Ebulo, 1197
King John from the medieval manuscript, Historia Anglorum c. 1250–1259
Walter's tomb was opened in 1890 and his pair of buskins, crozier, paten (illustrated here) and chalice were discovered.