Medieval Section Meeting on Saturday 11th November at 2pm

George Loffman, of York Archaeological Trust will be speaking on the recent excavations at Micklegate, York. 

Please see note below for future events.

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When: Nov 11, 2023 14:00 London

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The following meeting, in December, will be our Christmas event when we will hope to meet live at Swarthmore Education Centre.  As well as having a live meeting, we hope to be able to distribute your copy of Medieval Yorkshire.  The Section has been left a collection of volumes by the late John Dixon, and they are being offered for sale initially to Section members.  Jo will be circulating the list of volumes and suggested prices in the next few days, and they will be sold on a first come-first served basis.  You can book your preference with me as soon as possible.  All of the donated books and the Medieval Yorkshire copies will be available for collection at the December meeting.  To avoid the Christmas post, the remaining order, and MY’s will be sent out after Christmas.  Postage will be added to the cost of the Dixon volumes.

The remaining books from John Dixon will then be offered to YAHS members in the New Year, and to booksellers in February.

Medieval Section lecture on Saturday 9th September 2023 at 2pm

This month Gary Brannan will be talking about Black death wills.

The meeting will be held on Zoom only so please use this link to register in advance.

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Programme for 2023-2024

09/09/2023       Gary Brannan                       Black death wills

11/11/2023       George Loffman      105-111 Micklegate, York: excavations  in the precinct of the Holy Trinity Priory’ 

09/12/2023       Hanna Vorholt                       Illuminated manuscripts,

13/01/2024       Clare Burridge                       Historical medecine

10/02/2024       John Jenkins                           York’s Medieval Guildhall

09/03/2024       Kate Giles                                Medieval Wall paintings at Pickering Church

13/04/2024       Eleanor Rye                            Place-names, language, and early medieval landscapes

11/05/2024       Jane Richardson                    Medieval finds at Garforth, Leeds

08/06/2024       Mike Ingram                           Bosworth

All meetings will be held on Zoom but the December meeting will also be held live at Swarthmore.

Medieval Section meeting on Saturday 13th May, 2023 at 2pm on Zoom

Our next meeting will be held next Saturday at 14.00, and our speaker will be Jonathan Clark of the Landmark Trust speaking about Caverley Old Hall. This is the delayed presentation we hope to have earlier this season.

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Medieval Section meeting on Saturday 15th April, 2023 at 2pm on Zoom – Followed by the AGM

Remembering St Hilda in the Later Middle Ages a talk by Christiane Kroebel (Associate Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, and curator of Whitby Museum’s Abbey collection)

Abstract
Medieval Section members may recall that I spoke about St Hilda in 2017. This is the result after several years of further research into this well-known figure from early medieval England but how she was regarded in the later Middle Ages is considered here. After the Norman Conquest, she became the focus of renewed interest which resulted in the foundation of a Benedictine monastery at Whitby. However, St Hilda’s appeal can be seen elsewhere and is traced through church dedications and secular and monastic texts. Uncovering the history of these churches found a small number of people who promoted her memorialization after the Conquest and their influence affected where her name is found in locations in Yorkshire and northern England. A network of secular landholders as patrons can be detected. It seems that in later centuries devotion to her never reached great popularity nevertheless she had her following amongst the laity and in diverse monastic foundations. By the fourteenth century, two miracles became popular whose origin cannot be firmly established as coming from Whitby but resonated locally.

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Medieval Section meeting on Saturday 11th March, 2023 at 2pm on Zoom

Unfortunately the scheduled lecture on Calverley Old Hall has been postponed and in its place we have Fedor Kiyanenko and his topic is “Who were the Anglo-Saxon urbanites?: a new approach to the archaeology of early medieval urban settlement.“

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If you have any problems let Jo know – jo.heronmedsection@gmail.com

Non-members are welcome

Medieval Section Lecture on Saturday 11th February, 2023 at 2pm – on Zoom

Uncovering Rievaulx Abbey’s landscapes – the Cistercian taskscape and environmental change

This talk will present a case study of Rievaulx Abbey (North Yorkshire), to examine whether a major Cistercian monastery ‘transformed’ its landscape. Dr Freya Horsfield is based at Durham University.

Members will have already received a mail with the link to register for the Zoom meeting but non-members are welcome and can register through this link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88965644988?pwd=aGtjYi9WU2pFRG4wbkhtQzBpRVJnUT09