To a large extent this has been a week of meetings and preparations for events next week in Canterbury, not least because for much of the Middle Ages and under […]
Kent: Hop-picking and Dover’s Maison Dieu
This is yet again a busy week for staff and postgraduates associated with CKHH – as well as Kent, I’ll be in Yorkshire and Somerset, which means paradoxically I’m intending […]
The Tithe War – Kent and England
Final preparations have been taking place this week for the Society of Landscape Studies conference with which the Centre has been heavily involved. The conference on the Saturday is taking […]
Canterbury-exploring the city’s medieval history
Now that we are into September, and more importantly I am back from the Fifteenth Century conference at St John’s College, Oxford, last week, I thought I would start with […]
Showcasing medieval communities – Deal and Faversham
As promised, a catch-up blog with news of some upcoming events and a couple of short reports on the Centre at Deal and ‘Open Faversham’. Also, news of several people […]
Exploring history – exciting times in Canterbury
Next week is going to be very busy because not only is it the first week of term but we have the Nightingale Lecture on Tuesday evening, the Aphra Behn […]
Aphra Behn and other exciting events in Kent
Again this week I’m primarily going to focus on upcoming events in September by adding the AHRC Aphra Behn project launch to the Nightingale Lecture and Institutional Care through the […]
Medieval Animals Heritage and Exploring the Lives of People in the Past
I thought I would start with a couple of things from Dr Diane Heath’s NHLF-funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ project. Firstly, she said they had a great time in Canterbury Cathedral […]
Rebellion over the centuries – the Kentish experience
I thought this week I would first alert you to the notices about exciting upcoming events towards the end of this week’s blog, but before I get to these, I’ll […]