The Dissolution of the (Lego) Monasteries
Blogged by James Preece on 14th December 2009
It is a wonderful thing to be alive in the age of the internet. Twice this evening I have wanted to know something and twice I have known it within minutes.
I do not know what is more wonderful, to be alive in the age of the internet or to be alive in the age of lego. It is certainly a wonderful thing when the two collide.
Today, the internet has collided with lego has collided with English Catholic history. You don't get much better than that.
Yes, the dissolution of the monasteries in Lego!
What I particularly like about this is the little details, like the monks fighting the soldiers with brooms and shovels...
But even better than that is this...
Lego Ad Orientem!
Okay, okay. So they appear to be having lunch in the Church. You can't have everything.
More pictures can be found here.
Reader Comments
Joseph Shaw said...
That's pretty cool!
The monks are putting up a pretty sturdy resistance. Sadly this wasn't very common, but the story is that in Merton College in Oxford they barricaded themselves in and were beseiged by the royal commissioners for three weeks. Later, six students were imprisoned for defending their chapel crucifixes.
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