Show threadClaire Barnes3h ago
The patrons of Cambridge’s #14thCentury colleges (predecessors of Trinity College, plus Clare, Pembroke, Gonville, Trinity Hall & Corpus) were convinced of universities as a public good, persevering amid war & plague. The #LadyOfClare fought tyranny, & emphasized the importance of community in her statutes for #ClareCollege. Her friend #MarieDeStPol founded Chris Smith’s college, Pembroke. The intellectual, educational & social vision lives on. 🧵 15/15
Claire Barnes3h ago
The patrons of Cambridge’s 14th century colleges (predecessors of Trinity College, plus Clare, Pembroke, Gonville, Trinity Hall & Corpus) were convinced of universities as a public good, persevering amid war & plague. The #LadyOfClare fought tyranny, & emphasized the importance of community in her statutes for #ClareCollege. Her friend #MarieDeStPol founded Chris Smith’s college, Pembroke. The intellectual, educational & social vision lives on.
🧵 15/15
Claire BarnesFeb 25

Clare College Cambridge is celebrating its 700th anniversary with stories of 70 individuals spanning the centuries - 7 each month, wonderfully diverse.
https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/70-for-700/

#70for700 #LadyOfClare #DavidAttenborough
#ClareCollege #CambridgeUniversity

70 for 700

70 for 700 stories

Show threadClaire BarnesOct 8

@RichardAshwell In my mind's eye these are among the most beautiful rivers in the British Isles, as when #TinternAbbey was in its prime & the #LadyOfClare presided at #Usk. I hope they will be again.

#RiverWye #RiverUsk #Wales #rivers

Show threadClaire BarnesMay 11, 2025
Another shrine to Our Lady of Good Counsel is at #ClarePriory in England: established 777 years ago under the patronage of Richard de Clare & his wife Matilda; enlarged by his daughter-in-law Joan of Acre and granddaughter Elizabeth #LadyOfClare. The modern relief by Sister Concordia is based on the fresco at Genazzano. 🧵 2/2
#Augustinian #Clare #Suffolk
Show threadClaire BarnesApr 26, 2025
@petergleick Adding a link to the UK equivalent, Hive, & an independent bookshop that I like to support:
https://www.hive.co.uk/Shops/Between-the-Lines-Great-Bardfield
- but if you can visit in person you will find additional books not available online, such as the new 'History of Great Bardfield' (with a chapter on its #14thCentury prosperity due to the #LadyOfClare). From personal experience, great conversations may ensue!
#IndieBookshop #bookshop @bookstodon
Show threadClaire BarnesMar 12, 2025
@simoninsuffolk.bsky.social Elizabeth de Burgh #LadyOfClare distributed food to the poor every year on St Gregory's Day, anniversary of the death of her third husband Roger Damory.
#commemoration
Show threadClaire BarnesFeb 16, 2025
@simoninsuffolk.bsky.social Linking to https://virtualmuseum.sudburysuffolk.co.uk/recent-research/sudbury-the-lady-and-the-origins-of-market-hill/ for more on #14thCentury investment in the market & patronage of #Sudbury merchants by Elizabeth de Burgh #LadyOfClare, & the resultant town layout.
Sudbury, the Lady and the origins of Market Hill – Sudbury, Suffolk Heritage

Claire BarnesNov 22, 2024

In her 1359 statutes for #ClareCollege Cambridge, the #LadyOfClare stipulated a schedule for religious services, including many "with notes"– illustrated here in the sumptuous breviary of her close friend #MarieDeStPol.
🧵 1/3 @medievodons

#medieval #choir #choral #music #CambridgeUniversity

Claire BarnesAug 16, 2024
Hashtag #introduction for Bluesky: #medieval #history #manuscripts #StainedGlass #OpusAnglicanum #MedievalArt #craftsmanship #14thCentury #LadyOfClare #ClareCollege #CambridgeUniversity