New series of Lunchtime Lectures

We have been running our programme of Lunchtime Lectures for almost two years now, and the talks have been going from strength to strength.  Following on from our previous subjects ('Classical Gods and Mythology', 'Medieval Life and Law' and 'Aspects of Roman Lincolnshire') we are now turning our attention to the Early Medieval period.

The title of the series is 'Rethinking the Dark Ages', a reference to the now old fashioned view that the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Medieval Europe was something of a cultural, artistic and literary black hole.  Nothing could be further from the truth, and the period reflects the birth of England as a nation, the development of many of our legal and political customs, geographical boundaries and placenames, and saw the creation of beautiful art and crafts.  This series of lectures aims to dispel some of the myths about the period and highlight new finds and recent research into this fascinating period of history.

The talks in the series are:

17 January 2014 - 'Is the Anglo Saxon invasion a myth?' (Erik Grigg, The Collection)

21 February 2014 – 'The Viking Torksey Project' (Dr Gareth Perry, University of Sheffield)

21 March 2014 – 'Early Medieval finds and the Portable Antiquities Scheme' (Adam Daubney, PAS)

11 April 2014 – 'Anglo Saxon Hanging Bowls' (Dawn Heywood, The Collection)

16 May 2014 – 'Weapons of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings' (Erik Grigg and Jonathan Kinsley, The Collection)

13 June 2014 – 'Recent Early Medieval acquisitions at The Collection' (Antony Lee, The Collection)

As always, the talks are all completely free and there is no need to book in advance.  We hope to see you there!

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