Articles tagged with "lance"

I've just spent a few days away with my family, enjoying being in the middle of nowhere and ignoring my emails - I took my laptop with me, but it stayed in its bag for the entire trip. Now I'm back to reality, and sending this newsletter out a couple of days late as a result of my absence.

The Crusader Radulph of Caen expressed doubts about the discovery of the Holy Lance of Antioch during the First Crusade. The drawing at left shows Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy, carrying the Lance in battle outside the gates of Antioch.