Event Calendar
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Library Tour for the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonMembers of the Friends and their guests are invited to join a free tour of the Library’s new building on Wednesday 18 May at 4pm. To book a place, please send names in advance to Melissa Harrison, archives@churchofengland.org or telephone 020 7898 1400.
Hidden Hands: the human stories hidden in our oldest books
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonSpeaker: Dr Mary Wellesley Dr Mary Wellesley is a writer and historian, who teaches courses on medieval language and literature as part of the British Library’s adult learning programme. Her book, Hidden Hands: the Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers was published in October 2021. It was chosen as one of the history books of the year by […]
Bishop Symon Patrick (1626-1707) – unsung hero of the Restoration Church of England
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonSpeaker: Dr Nicholas Fisher In 2018, Nick Fisher was the first recipient of a Lambeth doctorate after the scheme had been rebranded ‘Lambeth Research Degrees in Theology’. His thesis explored the life and writings of Symon Patrick in a career that included being Rector of St Paul’s, Covent Garden, a King’s Chaplain and Bishop of Ely. This […]
Roundtable with Anthony Milton
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonSpeaker: Professor Anthony Milton This roundtable with Anthony Milton (University of Sheffield) will discuss his new book, England’s Second Reformation: The Battle for the Church of England 1625-1662 (2021), which argues that the 1640s, 1650s and early 1660s constituted a ‘second reformation’, when the identity of the Church of England was fundamentally reshaped in the crucible […]
Friends’ Annual Lecture & Annual General Meeting
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonLecture: In the Shadow of Death: The Life, Work and Trials of Archbishop Tait Speaker: Revd John WitheridgeThe lecture is at 2.30pm. The AGM is at 3.30pm and is followed by tea. Archibald Campbell Tait was Queen Victoria’s favourite Archbishop of Canterbury. While not always successful, his leadership of the Church during a period of controversy at home and challenge overseas […]
‘Lived religion’ in eighteenth-century England: the education of poor children
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThe Church of England Record Society Annual Lecture 2022 Speaker: W.M. Jacob Drawing on the insights of ‘lived religion’ this paper investigates evidence from a wide range of eighteenth century archival sources, including diocesan parochial and borough records, to illustrate the religious commitment of Anglican lay people of the ‘middling sort’ in a wide geographical […]
Guided Tour of Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonYou are invited to join a free tour of the new Lambeth Palace Library building. These tours have been organised as a contribution to the Lambeth Heritage Festival and give an opportunity to learn about the new building and the history of the library and its collections. There will be a chance to see some […]
Library Tour (am)
You are invited to join a free tour of the new Lambeth Palace Library building. Come and see some areas not usually open to the public, such as the eighth floor conference room and terrace (with its spectacular views) and our Conservation Studio. The tour will explain the history of the library and its collection, […]
Library Tour (pm)
You are invited to join a free tour of the new Lambeth Palace Library building. Come and see some areas not usually open to the public, such as the eighth floor conference room and terrace (with its spectacular views) and our Conservation Studio. The tour will explain the history of the library and its collection, […]
Guided Tour of Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonYou are invited to join a free tour of the new Lambeth Palace Library building. These tours have been organised as a contribution to the Lambeth Heritage Festival and give an opportunity to learn about the new building and the history of the library and its collections. There will be a chance to see some […]
London Open House 2022
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonOwing to the sad news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Lambeth Palace Library will be closed to readers and to visitors until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. As part of Open House Festival 2022, Lambeth Palace Library will be offering architect led tours of the new library […]
Breakspear: the unknown English pope
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonSpeaker: Adrian Waddingham Nicholas Breakspear has been overlooked for centuries, even though his achievements outshone those of his contemporary, Thomas Becket. Born in poverty and probably illegitimate, Breakspear rose to become the only Englishman to ascend the throne of Saint Peter, ruling over the papal states as Adrian IV. His life is not a tale […]
