Event Calendar
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Professor James Walvin (University of York): ‘The Black Presence in Transatlantic Slavery Archives’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, London*Please note change of speaker* The distinguished social historian James Walvin, author of many books on slavery and the slave trade in the Atlantic world, will discuss ‘The Black Presence in Transatlantic Slavery Archives’ with Desirée Baptiste, author of a new play, Incidents in the Life of an Anglican Slave, Written by Herself (2023), inspired by a document […]
Joanna Story, University of Leicester: ‘Insular Manuscripts – some new approaches to some old questions.’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonMore than 600 manuscripts survive that were written between c. 600–850 in the Irish or Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, or in continental monasteries founded by missionaries from the islands of Britain or Ireland in the seventh or eighth centuries. Defined by characteristic script, as well as decoration, these manuscripts are graphic testimony to the contribution of the […]
Desirée Baptiste: Incidents in the Life of an Anglican Slave, Written by Herself (2023), staged reading.
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonA new play inspired by a rare 1723 letter from an anonymous enslaved Virginian to the ‘Lord arch Bishop of London’, Incidents (2023) draws on archival research and historical imagination to bring to light, 300 years after a bold act of resistance, the life of a ‘poore’ parishioner of the Church of England, author of […]
Desirée Baptiste: Incidents in the Life of an Anglican Slave, Written by Herself (2023), staged reading.
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonA new play inspired by a rare 1723 letter from an anonymous enslaved Virginian to the ‘Lord arch Bishop of London’, Incidents (2023) draws on archival research and historical imagination to bring to light, 300 years after a bold act of resistance, the life of a ‘poore’ parishioner of the Church of England, author of one of […]
Dr Harry Spillane (University of Cambridge): ‘The Bishops’ Bible, Archbishop Matthew Parker, and the Elizabethan Church’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThe Bishops’ Bible, which was first printed in 1568, has frequently been cast as a useless and widely unpopular translation of the Bible into English. However, by exploring what the intended purposes of the Bishops’ Bible were, and by paying attention to the wealth of images, prefaces, maps, diagrams and heraldic devices within it, a […]
British Records Association 2023 Maurice Bond Lecture and Harley Prize Presentation
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThe 2023 Maurice Bond lecture will be given by Dr Andrew Flinn of the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The lecture will explore the work of community archivists in identifying, preserving and making accessible community generated archives and heritage material. Employing Sven Lindqvist's Dig Where You Stand (1978 & 2023) metaphor and method, […]
Garden Open Day
Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace Road, LondonJoin us for a family fun day in the beautiful historic grounds of Lambeth Palace, celebrating the new Coronation exhibition! We are excited to welcome you to Lambeth Palace Library and Lambeth Palace Gardens for a very special garden open day, celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III and the opening of the new Coronation […]
Peter Lake (Vanderbilt): ‘On Laudianism’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonPeter Lake, Professor of History at Vanderbilt, is one of the most distinguished writers on English religion after the Reformation. Later this year Cambridge University Press will publish Peter's latest book, Piety, polemic and politics during the personal rule of Charles I. The central argument is that ecclesiastical politics under Charles I and Archbishop Laud […]
Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library, followed by the Friends’ annual lecture by Professor Magnus Williamson (Newcastle University): ‘Singing to the Lord in Tudor England: Musical Ventures, Dynastic Misadventures’.
This event is limited to Friends of Lambeth Palace Library and their guests. To book a place, please email libraryfriends@churchofengland.org or telephone 020 7898 1400.
Church of England Records Society AGM and lecture
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThe Church of England Record Society AGM will start at 4pm, followed by a lecture at 5pm by Canon Professor Michael Snape who is Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies at the University of Durham will speak on 'The Trials of the “Glorious Glosters”: Chaplaincy, the Church of England and the Korean War’. Those wishing […]
Canon Daffern: ‘Rubrics for Royalty: The story of the Coronation Service in 2023’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonCanon Adrian Daffern was commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to be the principal author of the revised Coronation service used for HM the King on May 6 this year. In this lecture Adrian will give put the newly revised service in its historical context, referring to many of the unique items held in Lambeth […]
Fit for a King: The Symbolism of a Coronation
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonDanny Johnson was appointed The Archbishop’s Coronation Planning Director in October 2022, working closely with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Westminster Abbey, The Royal Household, and a host of others on every detail of the Coronation Service. In this talk Danny discusses his journey exploring the iconography of past Coronation Services, their symbolism and what their […]
