Just over 25 years ago the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of York launched a new interdisciplinary MA pathway 'Women and the the Later Medieval World' and at much the same time hosted an international conference entitled 'Medieval Women'. Since that time the study of medieval women has evolved considerably, though interest in … Continue reading Medieval Women Revisited (7-9 July 2016)
Month: May 2016
York Festival of Ideas – Shared Heritage: West and Islamic World (16 June 2016)
Thurs 16 June, 6.30pm to 7.30pm, KG07, King’s Manor, Exhibition Square Free tickets: http://www.york.ac.uk/english/news-events Every day we hear the media talking about ‘us’ and the Islamic World as if there are two societies with little or nothing in common. Many public commentators seem unaware that both societies developed to a large extent from Roman and … Continue reading York Festival of Ideas – Shared Heritage: West and Islamic World (16 June 2016)
The Development of Borough Customary Law in Medieval Britain, Esther Liberman Cuenca (Fordham University), Tuesday 31 May 2016
The Development of Borough Customary Law in Medieval Britain Esther Liberman Cuenca (Fordham University) Tuesday 31 May 2016, 5.30pm in KG/84 This lecture explores the development of borough customary law, or customary practices that took on the force of law within English towns and cities, as it began to appear in royal charters and custumals (or collections … Continue reading The Development of Borough Customary Law in Medieval Britain, Esther Liberman Cuenca (Fordham University), Tuesday 31 May 2016
Passion, Mystery and Performance: The First Two Centuries of the York Play – Dr Jeremy Goldberg (7 June)
Centre for Medieval Studies & York Festival of Ideas Lecture Passion, Mystery and Performance: The First Two Centuries of the York Play Jeremy Goldberg (York) Tuesday 7 June 6:00pm – King’s Manor K/133 Free Admission. Booking Required York’s multi-pageant Creation to Domesday cycle for the feast of Corpus Christi – popularly the York mystery plays – … Continue reading Passion, Mystery and Performance: The First Two Centuries of the York Play – Dr Jeremy Goldberg (7 June)
Bede, the recta fides, and the Lateran Council of 649 – Miranda Wilcox (Brigham Young University & CMS Visiting Professor)
Bede, the recta fides, and the Lateran Council of 649 Miranda Wilcox (Brigham Young University & CMS Visiting Professor) Tuesday 10 May 5.30pm – King’s Manor KG/84 Fifty years after Archbishop Theodore convened a synod at Hatfield in 679 to demonstrate the orthodoxy of the English in anticipation of the Sixth Ecumenical Council, Bede memorialized the … Continue reading Bede, the recta fides, and the Lateran Council of 649 – Miranda Wilcox (Brigham Young University & CMS Visiting Professor)
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