In
addition to the triennial conferences and study weekends the Society holds
a number of lectures and study days throughout the year. All the latter
events, apart from the AGM lecture, are run by local branches and groups.
For details of the current year’s programme please visit the Events/Branches
and Group Events section of the website.
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An
annual lecture at the Society's Annual General Meeting was a feature revived
in 1995 and this is now a regular part of this event.
2005 Dr Joanna Laynesmith. Cecily Neville:
‘The Right High and Excellent Princess and Queen of Right’
2004
Dr Hannes Kleineke and Ms Stephanie Hovland. The Household
Accounts of William Worsley
2003 Dr Ann Wroe. The Fate of the Princes:
The Pretender’s Story – What light did ‘Perkin Warbeck’ throw on the mystery,
and on Richard III, during his public career as Richard, Duke of York
2002 Dr David Skinner. Music in
Pre-Reformation Churches
2001 Professor Mark Ormrod. Names
in the English Royal Family During the Later Middle Ages
2000 Dr Matthew Davies. Worshipful
Persons Together Assembled: the Merchant Taylors’ Company and its courts
in the late fifteenth century
1999 Miss Mary O'Regan. Richard
in York
1998 Dr
Jim Bolton. Aliens in London: alien
subsidy rolls under Edward IV
1997 Dr Carole Rawcliffe. Medicine
for the Soul: The medieval hospital and the quest for spiritual health
1996 Dr Michael Hicks. Warwick
the Kingmaker
1995
Dr Pamela Tudor-Craig. A Book Made for Edward V?
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Gloucester Branch Study
Days and Lectures
2005 Suzi Clarke.
Medieval
Costume
2004 Music in the Age of Richard III
2002 Fifteenth Century
Women: Piety and Materialism
Tim Porter. Margery
Kempe
Professor Anne Curry.
Joan of Arc: woman, warrior or witch?
Dr Joanna Laynesmith. Cecily
Neville, Duchess of York and her queenly piety
Dr Rowena Archer. Alice
Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk: menace and matriarch
2001 The Berkeley
Family in the Late Fifteenth Century.
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2000 Dr
Rosemary Horrox. Richard III and the south
1999 Keith Dockray. Edward
IV and Henry VIII: A Yorkist grandfather and Tudor grandson compared
1998 Professor Michael
Hicks. The
Three Brothers: Edward, George and Richard
2003 Heraldry, Hauberks
and Henins – Colour, Campaign and Clothing in Medieval England
Dr Michael K Jones. The
battle of Bosworth
Peter Armstrong. The
Battles of Bannockburn, Stirling and Falkirk
Sarah Thursfield.
Medieval Dress
Philip Jackson. Richard
III and the College of Heralds
London
Branch Autumn and Winter Lectures
The
London Branch hold their meetings at the Art Workers’ Guild in Bloomsbury
once a month during the autumn and winter on weekday evenings. Over 200
lectures have been given so far.
Over
the years their guest speakers have covered a remarkable range of medieval
topics. They range from well-known academics such as Dr Rosemary Horrox,
Dr Carol Rawcliffe, Dr Alison Hanham and Dr John Gillingham
to media personalities such as actor Anthony Sher, director
Terry Hands, producer Thelma Holt and art historian and TV presenter Pamela
Tudor-Craig (Lady Wedgwood).
Another
art historian, the late Jack Leslau, gave several lectures on his theories
regarding the Hans Holbein painting of the family of Sir Thomas More.
Perhaps
one of the most fascinating lectures was given by the late Richard du
Cann who was the defending barrister, ‘Mr Dillon’, in the Channel 4 Production
of the 'Trial of Richard
III' .
Specialists
from well-known institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, the
British Museum, the Tower of London Armouries and the Museum of London
have delivered lectures on portrait painting in England, the Middleham
Jewel, the Battle of Bosworth and medieval pilgrim badges.
Captain
Gregson has talked about the Tudor battleship, the Mary Rose and
Sir Donald Harrison on 'The Princes in the Tower; an exercise in forensic
palaeontology'.
The
lighter side of Ricardian interest has been represented by novelists Sharon
Penman (The Sunne in Splendour) and Valerie Anand (Crown and
Roses). Members are also frequent guest speakers, such as the late
chairman, Jeremy Potter, Dr Anne Sutton, Dr Livia Visser-Fuchs and Bill
White, an archaeologist at the Museum of London.
Click
here for a full list of the Branch’s lectures over
the past thirty years.
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The
Norwich Group began their study days in 1998. The event takes place in
Norwich, usually in November.
Professor Anne Curry. The Knight in the Armies of Henry V and Henry VI
Professor Mark Ormrod. The Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses: contexts and comparisons
Dr Michael K. Jones. A Band of Brothers – the Battle of Agincourt revisited
Dr Andrew Ayton. The Battle of Crecy
2004 Death of Kings
Professor Carol Rawciffe. The Deathbed
of Medieval Kings
Alison Weir. Edward II
Dr Michael K. Jones. The Death of Richard
Duke of York: A Yorkist King in Waiting
Dr Ann Wroe. Perkin Warbeck
Dr Phil Stone. First Catch your
Asp
2003 Warrior Kings
Matthew Bennett. What made William
the Conqueror
Dr Matthew Strickland. Richard I’s greatest
feat of arms?
Dr Michael K. Jones. Edward III and the
battle of Crecy
Jonathan Hughes. Edward IV
Dr Michael K. Jones. Richard III
2002 Bosworth – the route to and from Redemore
Plain
Dr Rosemary Horrox. Taking Sides – the
prelude to Bosworth
Chris Gravett. The Battle of Bosworth
1485
Professor A.J. Pollard. The Road from
Bosworth
2001 History’s
Wicked Uncle – the debate continues
Dr Michael K. Jones. An introduction
to the controversy
Dr Phil Stone. Richard III – a
Bloody Tyrant?
Alison Weir. The Princes in the
Tower
2000 No Title
Matthew Bennett. The Origins of Chivalry
and Military Professionalism
Dr Matthew Strickland. Braveheart Revisited:
Edward I’s conduct in the Anglo-Scottish Wars 1296-1307
Dr Michael K. Jones. Malory and the Wars
of the Roses: a twilight of chivalry
1999 Combat and
the Medieval Soldier
Philip Haig. The Life of a Medieval
Soldier
Chris Gravett. Weapons used by
Medieval Soldiers
Dr Christopher Knüsell. The Towton
Graves
1998 Some Battles
of the Wars of the Roses
Dr Michael K. Jones. Introduction to
the Wars of the Roses
Peter Hammond. The Battle of Tewkesbury
Philip Haig. The Battle of Wakefield
A.W. Boardman. The Battle of Towton
and the Towton Graves
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Scottish Branch Annual
Lecture
The
first study day held by the Scottish branch took place on:
15 January 2006.
The Fifteenth-Century Fighting Man
Professor Tony Goodman. Being a Fifteenth-century
Soldier
Dr Tobias Capwell. Arms and Armour
for the Fighting Man in the Fifteenth Century
The
day included a guided tour of the Burrell Collection
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The lecture is usually held at Leeds City Art
Gallery. The next lecture will take place on Saturday 8 April 2006. Excavations
and investigations are being carried out at Harewood Castle, which has
connections with the Redmayne family, and the lecture will given by members
of the team from Ed Dennison Associates who are carrying out the work.
Public access to the castle ruins has not been permitted for many years,
so it will be interesting to learn exactly what has survived of this building,
as well as what is being done to restore some of its features. The doors
to the hall will be open from 1 p.m. and admission to the lecture is free.
Maurice
and Shelagh Bond
MEMORIAL LECTURE
Tim
Tatton-Brown
(Archaeological Consultant to the Dean and Canons of Windsor)
Windsor Castle before 1348
Wednesday 10th October 2007 at 7.00pm St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Admission: Free by named ticket only Please bring photo I.D. with you
Applications for tickets to: The Chapter Office, Windsor Castle, Berkshire SL4 1NJ With s.a.e. by Wednesday 3 October
Renaissance? - Perceptions of Continuity & Discontinuity in Europe -1300-1550
A seminar to be held at the University of Edinburgh - School of History and Classics 31st August - 1st September 2007
Keynote speakers are:
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· Robert Black - Professor of Renaissance History, University of Leeds · Michael Bury - Reader in the History of Art, University of Edinburgh · Andrew Pettegree - Professor of History, University of St Andrew's · Rob C Wegman - Professor of Music, Princeton University |
Full
details of the programme and the venue can be found at:
www.shc.ed.ac.uk/conference/renaissance-conference//