Coventry - Cathedral of Peace: Healing the Wounds of History in ... - Kenyon Wright - Google Books

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In 1940, when Hitlers bombers reduced Coventrys ancient cathedral to ruins, he coined a new word. He threatened to coventrate all of Britain. Coventry thus was given an iconic status as a symbol of the triumph of good over evil, of forgiveness over…