Courses I'm running elsewhere in England in 2009
If you live far from our study-centre at Sutton Hoo, you might find one of the residential courses or study-days listed below more within reach.
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TITLE (Provisional) |
DESCRIPTION |
LOCATION |
DATES |
TO BOOK, CONTACT |
| The Viking Age in Britain |
Beginning with an introduction to the major documents of Old Norse and Old English culture, we shall explore some of the landscapes on which they cast light. Our main narrative source will be that Old Testament of English history, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, through which we shall chart what we can of the history and culture of Anglo-Scandinavian Britain from the ninth to the eleventh century. |
Higham Hall College, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria |
Monday 20th April - Friday 24th April 2009 |
Higham Hall College tel. 01768 776 276 |
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King Alfred and the Cakes |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle provides a dramatic and near-contemporary narrative of the events of the year 878, one of the great turning points in the history of England. From the Danish surprise attack on Wessex on Twelfth Night to Alfreds victory at Edington and the subsequent baptism of the Danish king later in the year, we shall explore this narrative and attempt to locate the events in the English landscape. We may thus be consider the true significance of the well-known but curious little story of Alfred and the Cakes. |
Urchfont Manor, Wiltshire |
Wednesday 6th May - Friday 9th May |
Urchfont Manor urchfontmanor@wiltshire.gov.uk tel. 01380 840 495 |
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The Master Workshop of Sutton Hoo |
An exploration of some of the artistic and technical wonders found aboard the funeral-ship berthed beneath Mound One at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, burial place of the Wuffing kings of East Anglia. The central theme will be the superb jewellery of gold, garnet, and blue glass, which reveals such a brilliant synthesis of styles. These masterworks appear to have been made in the East Anglian royal workshop for the king who lay in state in this treasure-laden ship, thought most likely to have been Rędwald (died c.625), possibly the first king of all England. |
Cotswold Conference Centre, Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire |
Friday 8th May - Sunday 10th May 2009 |
Farncombe Estate enquiries@farncombeestate.co.uk tel. 01386 854 100 |
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Sutton Hoo, King Rędwald, and the Coming of Christianity to the English |
Who was the great Wuffing king who lay in state in the treasure-laden ship berthed beneath Mound One at Sutton Hoo? We shall begin the day with a new look at this discovery in the light of recent work, such as the East Saxon royal burial from Prittlewell. We shall explore the ways in which the character of the Sutton Hoo grave-goods may provide clues as to the identity of the king buried there. We shall then reappraise the history of East Anglia and England around the time of the burial, whence it will emerge that the Wuffing king Rędwald may have been a far more central figure in the early success of Christianity in England than has previously been acknowledged. We shall also consider the indications that he was also the first king of all the English in Britain. |
Madingley Hall, Cambridge |
Friday 3rd July - Sunday 5th July 2009 |
course code 89R194 University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Website www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk tel. 01954 280 200 |
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King Alfred and the Cakes |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle provides a dramatic and near-contemporary narrative of the events of the year 878, one of the great turning points in the history of England. From the Danish surprise attack on Wessex on Twelfth Night to Alfreds victory at Edington and the subsequent baptism of the Danish king later in the year, we shall explore this narrative and attempt to locate the events in the English landscape. We may thus be consider the true significance of the well-known but curious little story of Alfred and the Cakes. |
Cotswold Conference Centre, Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire |
Friday 10th July - Sunday 12th July 2009 |
Farncombe Estate enquiries@farncombeestate.co.uk tel. 01386 854 100 |
| Sutton Hoo and the Beginnings of England | Belstead House, Ipswich, Suffolk | Friday 7th August - Sunday 9th August 2009 |
Belstead House belstead.house@educ.suffolkcc.gov.uk tel. 01473 686 321 |
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| The Bayeux Tapestry: Anglo-Norman Art and History | Madingley Hall, Cambridge | Friday 18th Sept. - Sunday 20th Sept. 2009 |
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Website www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk tel. 01954 280 200 |
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Cambridge and the East Anglian Kingdom (Study-Day) |
Madingley Hall, Cambridge | Sunday 15th Nov. 2009 |
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Website www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk tel. 01954 280 200 |