{"id":317386,"date":"2021-11-25T05:53:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T05:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=317386"},"modified":"2021-11-25T05:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T05:53:11","slug":"church-murals-painted-over-by-shakespeares-father-are-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=317386","title":{"rendered":"Church murals painted over by Shakespeare's father are revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incredible medieval church murals not seen the 16th century have been restored as part of painstaking preservation project.<\/font><\/p>\n

The murals were covered after William Shakespeare’s father was ordered to paint over them more than 450 years ago.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The colourful<\/a> murals, thought to be some of the finest in Europe, were covered with limewash in 1563 when John Shakespeare was bailiff of Stratford-Upon-Avon.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

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The colourful murals, thought to be some of the finest in Europe, were covered with limewash in 1563 when John Shakespeare<\/a> was bailiff of Stratford-Upon-Avon.A close-up shows the Angel Gabriel with allegory written in English from the restored ‘Allegory of Death’ mural<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He was acting on orders from Henry VIII as part of the Protestant Reformation which was a backlash against the Catholic Church.<\/font><\/p>\n

The 16th century Reformation, championed by reformers including the Tudor king and Augustinian monk Martin Luther, saw a huge upheaval in the religion, politics and culture of the day, triggering persecutions and conflicts.<\/font><\/p>\n

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