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Julia King: Remember the Scrybeler: Syon Abbey’s Books at Lambeth Palace Library

Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, London

Syon Abbey was England’s first and only Birgittine abbey, founded by Henry V in 1415. By the time of the Dissolution, it had become one of the richest monastic houses in England. The Abbey was a double house of men and women, but the women’s community was far larger and, during its existence, the Abbey […]

Free

Curator’s Forum: Julia King (Lambeth Palace Library) and Eleanor Jackson (British Library)

Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, London

The lead curators on the exhibitions ‘Her Booke’: Early Modern Women and their Books (Lambeth Palace Library) and ‘Medieval Women: in their Own Words’ will come together for a Q&A session on the joys and challenges of curating exhibitions on women’s book and literary history in library settings. They will discuss processes such as selection, […]

Free