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The Annual Clarendon Lecture 2023: Politics as Recreation

Thursday, November 16, 2023 

Politics as Recreation – The Annual Clarendon Lecture, from Professor Chris Given-Wilson, St Andrews University.

This year’s Annual Clarendon Lecture will focus on three separate occasions at Clarendon palace in the fourteenth century, in 1317, 1355 and 1370 when the English kings hosted their European contemporaries for talks – a medieval Camp David. The main characters being discussed will be Edward II, Edward III of England, along with King Charles II of Navarre and his brother Philip of Navarre during periods of conflict and especially the Hundred Years’ War in the later fourteenth century.

Clarendon provided a different setting for these meetings away from London and Westminster. This talk will consider the role of the palace in these international diplomatic events.

Speaker: Professor Chris Given-Wilson

Chris is Professor Emeritus in Late Medieval History specialising in fourteenth and fifteenth century history. He grew up in the New Forest. Recent works includes a biography of Henry IV and as general editor of the acclaimed Parliament Rolls of Medieval England online.

This lecture will be held at Salisbury Methodist Church

Tickets £12 or £9 for Friends of Clarendon Palace or Museum Members.

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