While reading one of those fat, historical romance novels that I sometimes cannot resist  I read that Westminster Palace was flooded by the Thames in 1236, and that men actually rowed their boats into it to reach their chambers. In a later year, the waters had just as suddenly receded, leaving behind a vast sea of mud in which large quantities of fish had been stranded. Considering all the occasions when weird acts of nature were considered to be a sign from God, I wonder if there were any such talk at that time. I've looked at timelines for 1236, Henry III married Eleanor of Provence in January of that year, (he was 19, she was 14). If nothing else, it could have been considered a warning of her approaching swarm of relatives, 'flooding' England and bleeding the treasury dry. Anyone else have info to add? Thanks! terri*lee |
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