Event Calendar
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Curator’s Forum: Julia King (Lambeth Palace Library) and Eleanor Jackson (British Library)
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThe 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 […]
The Restoration and Revival of Chichester Cathedral Library, 1670–1735
Join us for this guest lecture by Andrew Foster held in partnership with the the Institute of Historical Research, given at Lambeth and open to all. For the redoubtable Dr […]
Introduction to Archive Day at Lambeth Palace Library
Join us for a unique opportunity to explore the world of archives, libraries, and conservation at Lambeth Palace Library. This event offers the chance to meet our dedicated team of […]
Anne Lawrence – Mathers: Prediction, Prognostication – or Divination? The Medieval Calendar as a guide to the Future.
Anyone who listens to news broadcasts will be familiar with modern forms of forecasting and predicting. These range from the scientific, like weather forecasts, to the more contentious, like predictions […]
Arnold Hunt (University of Durham): The Forgotten Laudian? Richard Steward and the origins of Anglican high churchmanship
Richard Steward (1595-1651) played a key role in the promotion of Laudianism in the 1630s and the formation of Anglican royalism in the 1640s. During the Uxbridge negotiations in 1645, […]
Megan McNamee: Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs
Online Event only Light and labour were linked by custom and law in the Middle Ages, when, for example, statutes dictated that agricultural workers were to leave their tasks while […]
Seb Falk: Moons, miracles, and magic: what’s in a medieval calendar?
Seb Falk will unpick the curious history of medieval calendars. From the mind-bending maths required to establish the precise length of the year and calculate the date of Easter, to […]
Concertina-Fold Books across Time, Space and Cultures Symposium
Accordion, screenfold, chain—various terms have been applied to books folded in a zig-zag or ‘concertina’ pattern. Seen now as novelties, concertina-fold books were once found worldwide. They were even the […]
Exhibition Curator’s Talk: Unfolding Time
Join us for a short curatorial introduction to our newest exhibition, 'Unfolding Time', after which the curator will be present for questions and discussion. Come and explore medieval concepts of […]
