Graves, Shrouds and Epitaphs: Church Monuments Society afternoon of free lectures

Graves, Shrouds and Epitaphs: Church Monuments Society afternoon of free lectures

When

11 September    
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Event Type

 

The Church Monuments Society has arranged an afternoon of free lectures at the St Alban’s Centre, Holborn, after their AGM.

The lectures planned are:

  • Dr Christina Faraday, ‘Vivit Post Funera Virtus: The Elizabethan and Jacobean Monuments in Gonville and Caius College Chapel, Cambridge’;
  • Dr Stuart Prior and Dr Helen Frisby, ‘Grounds for Grave Concern: the life and work of the gravedigger’;
  • Prof. Madeleine Gray, ‘The Art of the Macabre in Medieval Wales’.

The AGM is for members only but all are welcome at the lectures: no need to book, just turn up. More details at https://churchmonumentssociety.org/event/2021-agm.

 

IMAGE: English Graveyard Cemetery with Sunlight and Trees, photo by link bekka on Unsplash.