Between Court and Town: Royal and Urban Ritual in Pre-Modern England, c.1300-1700
The First Northumbria University Early Career Symposium in the Urban History of Pre-Modern Europe is funded by the
Royal Historical Society
Venue: 18 June 2014, 2 pm to 5 pm (Lipman Building, Room 301)
Registration is free. Please check in with Neil at
neil.murphy@northumbria.ac.uk
Programme:
2.00 to 2.15: Opening Remarks
2.15 to 3.30: Session One
Gordon McKelvie (University of Winchester):
Ritual and Regulation: Livery in Late Medieval English Towns
Dustin Neighbors:
Royal Progresses, Rituals and Ceremonies: The Case of Elizabeth I and the Norwich Progress of 1578
3.30 to 3.45: Coffee Break
3.45 to 5.00: Session Two
Victoria Anker (University of Edinburgh):
Rituals of Rebellion: The Competition for Ceremonial Space in the British Civil Wars
Amy Calladine (University of Nottingham):
‘For the Good of the Town’: Beating the Bounds in 1650s England
5.00 to 5.15: Concluding Remarks, followed by drinks.
MEM - Medieval and Early Modern Group at Northumbria 