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Every three years the Society holds a major conference, with up to 150 participants, addressed by leading specialists in late medieval history. The first conferences was held in 1981 and the next will be held in 2008, venue and theme to be announced.
The
2005 conference was held at the historic Queens’ College, Cambridge
and and was entitled ‘Friends and Foes: Richard III and the East Anglian
Magnates’.
The format for the conferences is that
they take place over a long weekend (Friday to Sunday) on a UK university
campus. Delegates can be residential or non-residential and there is
free time on the Saturday afternoon for delegates to explore any local
places of interest. Details of previous conferences are available under
the Education section of the website.
The conferences offer an exciting opportunity
for delegates to meet each other and members of the academic community.
Study
Weekends
The Society's first study weekend was held in York in 1991 to provide an opportunity for members to get together in a small and informal group to learn research techniques and study aspects of medieval history.
The
weekends have continued ever since and take place in the intervening
years between the triennial conferences. Details of previous weekends
are available under the Education
section of the website.
The
2006 study weekend has been arranged for Friday evening to Sunday lunchtime,
21 – 23 April 2006 (one week after Easter), at the College of St John,
Lord Mayor’s Walk, York. This is the College’s main campus, just outside
the city walls opposite the Minster. Accommodation will be in single
study bedrooms. The college does not have any en-suite facilities or
car parking.
The theme for the weekend
will be The Logge Wills. After many years of transcribing the wills
in the Logge Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury we would
now like to showcase some of the results of this mammoth research project.
We will open the weekend with a general talk on wills by Dr Ann Rycraft
and then have an update on the publication of the wills from Lesley
Wynne-Davies followed by:-
‘Court & City: the
“great and the good” in Logge’ -
Wendy Moorhen
‘Word & Wordsmiths:
books found in Logge wills’ – Anne Sutton
‘Case Study: the poet Richard
Roos’ – Lesley Wynne-Davies
‘Clerical, Medical &
Litigators: wills of those who cared for the soul, the body and the
pocket’ – Mary O’Regan
‘Silver & Salets: references
to metals for display, adornment and protection’ – Peter Hammond
The Great Hall in Barley
Hall will once again be the venue for the traditional medieval banquet
with medieval-style food and live medieval music from Trouvère. The
wearing of medieval costume is positively encouraged though it is not
mandatory.
Details of costs and the
booking form for this event were included in the Winter issue of the
Bulletin. If any non-members are interested in attending they should
contact
the Secretary.
In 2006 there will be two one-day seminars, both of which are part of the 2006 celebratory programme and it is hoped that further one-day seminars will be arranged in future years.