{"id":13993,"date":"2023-06-29T23:02:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/?p=13993"},"modified":"2023-06-29T23:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:02:39","slug":"celebrating-medieval-animals-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/celebrating-medieval-animals-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unfortunately, I\u2019m going to have to miss tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, including the Canterbury Medieval Pageant, and today I was partly at the Faculty conference giving a presentation on migration in 15th-century Kent and therefore missed quite a few of the papers at Dr Diane Heath\u2019s NHLF-funded Medieval Animals Heritage<\/strong> \u2018Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone\u2019 <\/em>conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Part of the ‘Medieval Animals’ exhibition at Old Sessions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

However, the papers I did manage to get to were excellent and I heard great reports about the others. Nevertheless, rather than report on just a few, I thought what I would do as a way of getting something out would be to post a series of photos to take you through Wednesday evening and at least to provide a flavour of Thursday. Then once I\u2019m back and I have a report in on the conference, Diane is organising that, I\u2019ll add it so that we have a record that reflects this splendid conference in its richness, as well as the collegiate spirit shown by all concerned \u2013 final years undergraduates, postgraduates, staff, speakers from across the world, Diane\u2019s project volunteers from outside the university and people from Kent who came to find out more about medieval animals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Hooden Horses at the exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Featuring project activities by the SEND children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Enjoying the exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We then moved into the foyer for Dr Sonia Overall’s fabulous animal poetry readings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hearing about the water wose amongst other creatures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Then it was time for ‘Rethinking the Medieval Pig’<\/p>\n\n\n

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The pig – good, bad and enigmatic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday brought more delights.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Martin Crowther and animals at the Maison Dieu, Dover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Peter Joyce introduces Dr Andy Margetts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dr Catriona Cooper explores the use of touch and 3 d printing in education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Moving to the afternoon:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Laura Rybicki discusses representations of St Bartholomew’s martyrdom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This reminded me of the story of the ‘unjust judge’ and its use in a sermon given in Elizabethan Canterbury. Then we were onto the last session of the day entitled ‘Howl!’<\/p>\n\n\n

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Todd C. Simmons considers the links between the human, the werewolf and the wolf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dr Victoria Blud brought us the fascinating case of Melion – man and wolf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Diane introduces Dr David Budgen and the tale of Black Shuck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The one-eyed dog is still out there ….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the final event, we went up to the Beaney to see the ‘Medieval Animals’ pop-up exhibition curated by the SEND children.<\/p>\n\n\n

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At the Beaney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From mammoth teeth to owls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

With more to come soon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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