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Maurice and Shelagh Bond Memorial Lecture Professor Eamon Duffy (Cambridge University) The Cult of Henry VI
Wednesday 7 October 2009 at 7.00pm Admission: Free by named ticket only
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BATTLE OF BOSWORTH - remembering the tragic death of King
Richard III at the battle in 1485 There will be a full programme of events held at the Battlefield Centre over the forthcoming weekend. For those who have not visited the Centre, nearly a million pounds of lottery money has been spent over the last year in building a new structure to house a fantastic state-of-the-art pro active exhibition to mark this most important historical event and in fact this probably makes it one of the premier medieval event sites in England. The new Centre is not just about history but an event, an exciting and interesting day out for all the family. In addition to the exhibition there are full facilities on-site including a cafeteria/restaurant, bookshop etc. Over this weekend there will be a full programme of exciting medieval events taking place including jousting, archery and a re-enactment of the battle itself. In addition there is a tented medieval village with all manner of items for sale as well as demonstrations of medieval artwork in all its forms. Come and mingle with knights and men at arms, archers and ordinary folk - all in authentic costume. The programme for the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday is :
10.00
Events begin - Living History - - Main Field Come and meet others of the Society ! The Richard III Society will have a small pavilion within the tented area with committee members on duty all day. Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park is in the heart of England and is easily accessible by road with rail and air links locally. For full details on how to find Bosworth, go here
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A mass to
commemorate Margaret Pole
Details of date and time shown on poster below.
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The
Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2008
Memory
and Commemoration in Medieval England
This year’s Harlaxton
Medieval Symposium being convened by Caroline Barron and Clive Burgess
from
15th-18th July 2008 at Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
This year’s symposium has two objectives: to celebrate the first twenty five years of the Harlaxton Medieval Symposium and, secondly, to explore how people and events were commemorated or memorialised in medieval England. Speakers will reflect on how research and publication in their own field has developed over the last twenty-five years with further contributions on the different forms that medieval commemoration might take, and the ways in which memory was formalised. Contributions will include papers on stained glass windows, tomb inscriptions, books of hours, poems, chantry or college foundations, chronicles, pageants and songs.
Please find attached a provisional programme and a registration form: do please forward this to any colleagues, friends and students who you feel may be interested in joining us in July. I would be grateful for the registration form and payment to be returned to me by 30 June 2008. Rooms will be allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis and early booking is strongly encouraged.
I hope that you will be able to attend what promises to be a very interesting and stimulating conference. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at: c.steer@rhul.ac.uk
Christian Steer
Secretary of the Harlaxton Medieval Symposium