Breaches and Bridges
There is nothing new about political divisions, nor attempts to heal them.
Underneath York Minster, in a dimly lit part of the crypt which has been turned into an atmospheric exhibition space, a small book is displayed in a position of honour. It is a beautifully decorated Anglo-Saxon copy of the Gospels, made in Canterbury and brought north by Wulfstan, Archbishop of York between 1002 and 1023. With a few brief interruptions it has been in York ever since and is still used in the consecration of its archbishops.
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