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This event has been postponed. Please see statement from the Society regarding the Coronavirus outbreak here. INTRODUCTORY TOUR FOR FELLOWS Join us for an introductory tour of Burlington House to learn more about the Society and its resources. Whether you're a new Fellow or just haven't been to Burlington House, this is a great opportunity […]
OUT OF LONDON ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE Monks, bishops and booty: ‘Marwnad Cynddylan’ and the Staffordshire Hoard Lecture by Dr Jenny Rowland (University College Dublin) The lament for Cynddylan, a seventh-century king of Powys, has long been comparatively neglected. Since I edited it many years ago there have been new editions and studies, but the […]
Seminar organised with support from Amara Thornton FSA This year the Society celebrates 100 years since we elected female Fellows. To mark this momentous occasion we are holding a seminar to highlight the role of female Fellows in the Society and in particular the first female Antiquaries and their legacy. This is a free event but […]
PUBLIC LECTURE Magnificence: Princely splendour and princely power in the middle ages by Richard Barber FSA Princely magnificence, the physical manifestation of power and wealth, was an essential element of the mystique of the ruler in the middle ages. This paper looks at the medieval concept of magnificence, reinterpreted from Aristotle in the thirteenth century. It […]
ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship and the Earliest English Castles Lecture by Dr Michael Shapland FSA It has long been assumed that England lay outside the Western European tradition of castle-building until after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is now becoming apparent that Anglo-Saxon lords had been constructing free-standing towers […]