Explore the defining events and characters of our history, from 1221 to today.
Read the story of the arrival of the first Dominican Friars in 1221 and their journey on foot to found the first English priory in Oxford.
Read the story of the arrival of the first Dominican Friars in 1221 and their journey on foot to found the first English priory in Oxford.
Explore how the Dominicans shaped the earliest Oxford colleges and championed St Thomas Aquinas’ systematic theology in Medieval England.
Explore how the Dominicans shaped the earliest Oxford colleges and championed St Thomas Aquinas’ systematic theology in Medieval England.
Learn how the bubonic plague ravaged Medieval society and how the Friars weathered the storm of this devastating pandemic.
Learn how the bubonic plague ravaged Medieval society and how the Friars weathered the storm of this devastating pandemic.
The Reformation had a profound impact on British society, dividing the nation. Learn how King Henry VIII imposed his royal supremacy on the Dominican Friars, leading to the closure of their last priory in 1539.
The Reformation had a profound impact on British society, dividing the nation. Learn how King Henry VIII imposed his royal supremacy on the Dominican Friars, leading to the closure of their last priory in 1539.
In their time of exile and crisis, the Friars found a new home in Bornhem in the Netherlands and from here went on mission to their native lands.
In their time of exile and crisis, the Friars found a new home in Bornhem in the Netherlands and from here went on mission to their native lands.
The Friars experienced new growth in the age of steam and medievalism, starting new urban parish churches in Newcastle, London, and Manchester and founding schools for the very poor.
The Friars experienced new growth in the age of steam and medievalism, starting new urban parish churches in Newcastle, London, and Manchester and founding schools for the very poor.
The Twentieth Century saw the Dominican Return to the university cities! Discover the amazing story behind the creation of the new Blackfriars in Oxford and how the Dominicans arrived in Edinburgh and Cambridge.
The Twentieth Century saw the Dominican Return to the university cities! Discover the amazing story behind the creation of the new Blackfriars in Oxford and how the Dominicans arrived in Edinburgh and Cambridge.
In this century, we have experienced a renewal, embracing communications technology and responding to the challenges of these unprecedented times.
In this century, we have experienced a renewal, embracing communications technology and responding to the challenges of these unprecedented times.
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