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14 November 2024 19:00 20:00
Few women had the luxury of writing down their thoughts and feelings during medieval times. But remarkably, there are at least four who did: Marie de France, a poet; Julian of Norwich, a mystic and anchoress; Christine de Pizan, a widow and court writer; and Margery Kempe, a no-good wife.
Hetta Howes has spent her working life uncovering these women’s stories to give us unique historical and political insight that challenges what we hold to be common knowledge about medieval women in Europe. Her new book, Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife, is an exquisite portrait of the world in which these women lived, told like never before. A spectacular, vivid, groundbreaking work of history, it shows women of the Middle Ages as leaders and innovators, who changed the world around them, even as they faced challenges surprisingly similar to those that women still have to navigate today.
Don't miss the chance to hear Hetta speak about these remarkable women. We think this event will be the perfect accompaniment to a visit to the British Library's upcoming event, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words.
Book tickets for the talk HERE
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14 November 2024 19:30 20:30
Andrew Ziminski has spent decades as a stonemason and church conservator, working on some of the greatest cathedrals and churches in Britain, including the tower of Salisbury Cathedral and the dome of St Paul’s in London.
Many churches are less well used than at any other time in their existence, and their quietness often gives the impression that they have always been sleepy and out of the way. For many centuries, they were the most prominent and busiest building in their community. They now offer as close an encounter with the past as it is possible to get.
Church Going is a handbook to the medieval churches of the British Isles, in which he reveals their fascinating histories, features and furnishings, from flying buttresses to rood screens, lichgates to chancels.
Andrew Ziminski is a SPAB William Morris Craft Fellow, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and conservation advisor to the Salisbury Diocesan advisory committee for the care of churches. He is the author of The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain.
‘A beautiful book – in which curiosity, hand-skill and creativity combine in a hymn to craftsmanship, and vernacular and sacred architecture. Ziminski is a rare and wonderful voice’ Rory Stewart
‘Fascinating – a masterly guide to the detail and meaning but also to the glory of Britain’s now most endangered heritage’ Simon Jenkins
In partnership with James Allen’s Girls’ School.
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