Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 1 of 11 Mon 15th May 2017 3:11pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 Tony S kindly alerted me to this event on September 29th (link in events diary too).
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Looks like an in depth day of Coventry history. Tickets are free but limited. Anyone else going? |
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 11 Mon 15th May 2017 9:13pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1652 I'll be going.... and our Steve - see you there! ![]() |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 5 of 11 Tue 16th May 2017 10:13am Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 It sounds like a very interesting day with a wide mix of subjects, albeit all about early Coventry. |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 6 of 11 Sun 1st Oct 2017 6:58pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 It was a good day, albeit hard work. There wasn't time for many questions but we got some good networking done between us, which will hopefully bear fruit. I apologise in advance if I'm not suitable enthused about the history since my interest is in how the history shaped the buildings and the layout of the city. The order isn't accurate because there were changes at the last minute.
It started at the Grammar School with an introduction to the building and the day by Mark Webb and Francis Radford. Followed by the first speaker, Prof Peter Cross from Cardiff Uni. It was a good overview of the start of the medieval era. I won't go into the notes I took because they were just little snippets about building work (eg the arches on either side of the school were from when the place was a hospital. There would have been beds lined up on either side for the needy to be cured/soothed by the sermons and chants).
We then walked to St Mary's (we sat at the back of the school so we'd get a head start for the front seats). The first session was by Prof Pamela King from Glasgow Uni about Coventry Mystery plays and survivors from what must have been a large collection but is now just a small section. It seems that the plays were treasured documents but were also working copies. They were much thumbed and scribbled on. Everyone seems to have learned their part from the same document and as the play was performed every year, you can imagine it was a bit abused. The manuscript she was referring to was a copy. There are records of the copier's fees and instructions. Just two pages of the original survived and seem to have been crumpled up once each page was copied and used as blotting paper ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 7 of 11 Wed 4th Oct 2017 2:01pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 For some reason the paste didn't go right for some of those links
Victoria County History
Archaeology Data Service |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 8 of 11 Thu 11th Jan 2018 6:43pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 For those who couldn't attend or those who did attend but reached information overload, here are the videos from the conference |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 9 of 11 Wed 7th Nov 2018 3:19pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 Link to paper - Mapping the medieval city
Those who attended may remember one of the sessions was by Prof Keith Lilley, Queens University Belfast, who talked about his thesis. He offered to make it available to anyone who was interested. Well I've now found it on an academic journal site and it can be viewed for free if you register. You can see his presentation again or for the first time at the link in the previous post (about half way down the page of videos).
It's quite technical but basically it is a way of looking at the old maps and trying to determine the growth history of a place, where it's not already recorded in the place's history. Coventry is a tough location because so much of the original city has gone and even the records are much depleted due to events. The technique involves using archaeology but ultimately the result is limited by what remains and the amount of time spent trying to work out what went on. Reading this might be useful to anyone looking for the castle.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 10 of 11 Thu 8th Nov 2018 3:42am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Morning Helen, Just been into your link above, what a magnificent tapestry, I thought all their presentations were very interesting too.
Makes me proud to have been born in such a medieval city. I always took it for granted so much before. Thank you too for all the work you put in to enlighten us all on so many aspects of the old city. Whatever we ask of you you always seem to come up with the goodies. ![]() |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 11 of 11 Thu 8th Nov 2018 2:21pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 You're very kind. ![]() |
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