Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Medieval History and Archaeology of Yorkshire
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.“
The link to register for the meeting is https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtfuihqTsvHNEGFPI5o_Nfp5AsiZxNNjQG
If you have any problems let Jo know – jo.heronmedsection@gmail.com
Non-members are welcome
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
Happy New Year to you all 🙂
The next meeting will be presented by Martin Richards on Archaeogenetics and Human Ancestry. It should be very interesting to see the work of scientist in tracing our ancestry through physical means.
Member 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/meeting/register/tZMtcuqtrD4uEtx_LTPEU6bvmR8EJNVmlEMh
We look forward to ‘seeing’ you there.
Also, a brief reminder that subscriptions to the YAHS and the section are now due. You can either renew online or send a cheque to YAHS at Stringer House. We do hope that you will rejoin and enjoy the programme for the rest of the year.
New members are always welcome and you can join through this link . Medieval Section only costs £16 / year. If you are already a member of the YAHS it is only an extra £6 / year.
Sarah Brown will be talking about the Medieval stained glass from York, St Cuthbert window’
Unfortunately the speaker will not be able to be with us but she is sending presentation which we will be able to view, and would be happy to take any questions or comments from members afterwards.
Section members members should have already received the link to register and non-members are welcome. Please use the following link to register :
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtd-GhqDwsH9Wyg5TMem1ouSgLLPyRfL_x
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Happy New Year to you all 🙂
For the first meeting of 2022 our speaker will be Alan Murray on the The Origins and Uses of Medieval Heraldry.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc-2hqj4qE9x6q9Anx6YIcjRDFBIpaSqk
Our final meeting of 2021 is Danica Summerlin on Papal ritual & celebration in the Central Middle Ages.
This would normally also be our Christmas party so do bring along a drink of your choice 🙂
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-GgpzIrG9Fs1CO6ZfR1RnfEXMdZnKqV
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you can’t make it then we hope you will have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
This time, we have Stuart Wrathmell speaking on Vikings settlements in eastern and northern Yorkshire. This will follow on nicely from the Lost Villages Found conference last Saturday.
Please register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The next lecture in the programme will be by Dr Audrey Thorstad talking about Interaction, daily life, and socialising spaces in early Tudor castles on 10th December. This will be held in the Swarthmore Institute.
Dr Thorstad kindly sent the following abstract and the photograph of Cowdray Castle:-
‘Castles have long been understood as elite military structures. However, recent approaches to castle studies have demonstrated that historical documents and archaeological remains depict a much more complex narrative for those living, working, and visiting a castle site during the Middle Ages and early modern periods. This paper will explore how people – from the lord and his family to members of the household and guests – moved around and used space in English castles of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. My approach takes into account sources that have not previously been used together in order to explore the layout and chamber arrangements in an age when castles were supposedly in decline. By dismantling the idea of the decline paradigm often used to describe castles after the fourteenth century, this paper will argue that castles were in fact still heavily used by the nobility well into the sixteenth century.’
Sylvia Thomas, our speaker for the October lecture, kindly sent the following notes about her talk at Swarthmore Education Centre this Saturday:
Since its foundation in 1863 the Society has accumulated significant archive collections from all over Yorkshire, many of them records of major families, some of which date back as far as the thirteenth century. Highlights are the enormous series of surviving court rolls of the manor of Wakefield (1274 – 1925), the fifteenth-century stock book and sixteenth-century lease book of Fountains Abbey, the secular cartulary of Whixley, North Yorkshire (1430), numerous early Yorkshire charters, and much more.
In 2015 all these collections were deposited by the Society for safe-keeping in the University of Leeds, Brotherton Library Special Collections, where they are again available for use by the public.
Sylvia Thomas is the former archivist and a past president of the YAHS, and a retired County Archivist of West Yorkshire. She is Joint Editor of the West Riding and Derbyshire volumes of Records of Early English Drama.
Edited shortened version of lecture given to the Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society about the St Bees Knight, by Chris Robson of St Bees Historical Society. Filmed at the Swarthmore Education Centre on 12th December 2015, and edited by Bryan Sitch, Honorary Secretary of the Medieval Section. Posted 15th June 2016.
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