The medieval church that helped save England's heritage

[@ODDwayne1]

This is excellent. Matthew is so knowledgeable and personable. Added his book to my list. A tourist really would need a knowledgeable guide or you'd miss 90% of what's there.

[@willhemmings]

Thank you. This was a treat. I must visit the lovely little church at Inglesham. For church buildings that record a continuous span of history I recommend a visit to the aforementioned Deerhurst Priory, also Wing in Buckinghamshire; and if not in its structure, certainly in its appropriation I suggest the wonderful Malmesbury abbey. Disappointing to observe that the historic buildings representing the Anglican church are worthy of higher esteem than their governing institution! Was the unnamed Northamptonshire church Earl's Barton

[@museumoflosttime9718]

Thank you chaps, I was unaware of this church until now, so I’ll migrate east at some point to visit it, I was also unaware of the books which I’ll also investigate.

[@NickMarsh-ke6kq]

Really fascinating! Many thanks. Incidentally, Eamon Duffy (Stripping the Altars”) was in the year above me at school.

[@lukejsherlock]

Wonderful historian

[@karenarden3266]

I so loved this video!!! Thank you for sharing the beautiful church history I will purchase the church primer.

[@lukejsherlock]

Thank you

[@minui8758]

23:51 are we absolutely sure the Parish Rolls were read out on October 31st? I’d have assumed Nov 2nd / All Souls would be the day rather than the eve of All Saints. Makes far more sense and that practice is still in place today in parts of Spain and even the odd Anglo Catholic revival in England

[@lukejsherlock]

Yes probably meant the overarching event of allhallowstide - we just did all of this off the cuff :-)

[@minui8758]

@ it’s beyond excellent. And I’m feeling bad for my pedantic quibble now 😅

[@lukejsherlock]

Fair minded comment always welcome

[@JaneDowney-z7g]

This was wonderful. I thought that Matthew Rice's explanation of the effects of the Reformation quite moving. As a Roman Catholic, I have no problem with the word "magic" to underscore the profound mystery and richness of the Church. And in all fairness, Jesus was the "word" made flesh. His words are the words of God Almighty. The Reformation just went overboard.

[@rosaryboy4271]

what church is this ?

[@lukejsherlock]

St John the Baptist, Inglesham, Wiltshire - cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust

[@rosaryboy4271]

@@lukejsherlock am going Bradford on Avon soon is it close ?

[@bomaracev]

Random question, unrelated to the church, but I've always been curious: what kind of English accent does Luke have? I vaguely remember him seeing that he grew up in Derbyshire, but he doesn't really have much of a Northern accent. Or are my Anglophilic American ears deceiving me?

[@sammyb1651]

Derbyshire accents aren't what you'd think of as a (stereotypical) northern accent. Albeit the northern part of the county (where I believe Luke is from) is in what is typically considered to be Northern England. It's broadly recognisable as a northern accent though on the basis of its shorter vowel sounds.

[@minui8758]

Slightly devolved rp I’d say rather than specifically regional. Certainly more southern than northern

[@sammyb1651]

@@minui8758 Definitely not. The vowels are Northern.

[@lukejsherlock]

Hi I’m from Derby

[@davidpescod7573]

A fascinating video spoilt by referring to the two thousand year old beliefs of the Catholic and Orthodox churches as ‘magic’

[@lukejsherlock]

Oh I wouldn’t take offense by this. In academic circles the intellectual transition towards rationality and science has often been characterised in this way…without it being pejorative. E.g. Religion and the Decline of Magic. Essentially the reformation ushering in (in the long term) a new age towards the enlightenment. How this is viewed, well that’s up to the individual