This week is more about preparations for events rather than the events themselves, although Dr Diane Heath was at Dover Castle today (Thursday) for a ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Dungeons and […]
Kent’s Material Culture – from relics to texts
Some of you may remember the NHLF-funded ‘Finding Eanswythe’ project that was run by people from History and Archaeology at CCCU with Dr Andrew Richardson: https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/st-eanswythe-found-folkestones-anglo-saxon-saint/ Well the same team […]
Highlighting Dover’s Maison Dieu
This week the focus is Dover, and specifically the Maison Dieu, but before I get to that, I thought I would just mention a few other matters involving the CKHH.
Canterbury and Medway – bringing history alive in Kent!
This week I’m going to report on the Medway History Showcase and the first three of the lunchtime lectures, organised by Dr Claire Bartram, as part of Canterbury Festival, but […]
Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2022!
Amazing to think the Medieval Canterbury Weekend is now over and before too long we’ll need to turn our attention to Tudors and Stuarts 2023. However, it will be worth […]
From Medieval Animals to Maritime Communities – Kent History and Heritage in Action
There are a number of important meetings happening this week involving Centre projects, some where the Centre is heavily involved, and others where the Centre has some involvement.
Medieval matters – MCW 2022, Lossenham and much more
I thought it was time I gave you more information about the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2022 which will be up on the Centre’s website very shortly. Thus, I thought I […]
Kentish Saints and Medieval Animals – a saintly greyhound
This week has been very busy, for as well as Diane’s hunt at the Freshers’ Fair for student volunteers to get involved in her NHLF-funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ project – […]
Canterbury churches and other partners – working together for the community
Stop press! CKHH receives a nomination for an award in the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Community’ category at CCCU. So well done Claire and Diane this is richly deserved for […]