A Saint, a Cardinal, a College: From St Frideswide to Thomas Wolsey

Speaker
Sarah Foot, Andrew Dunning, Mishtooni Bose, David Rundle, Judith Curthoys, Glenn Richardson
Event date
Event time
10:15 - 17:00
Venue
Christ Church Library
St Aldates
Oxford
OX1 1DP
Venue details

We regret that access to the Upper Library is by stairs only and there is no lift.

Event type
Conferences
Event cost
£15; £5 concessions for University of Oxford staff and alumni, and over 65s; free for students of any institution and unemployed
Disabled access?
No
Booking required
Required

Programme:

10.15: Registration

11.00: Welcome

11.15: Session One

The Very Reverend Professor Sarah Foot (Dean of Christ Church, Oxford), ‘The Early History of St. Frideswide’s Priory'

Dr Andrew Dunning (The Bodleian Libraries), ‘The cult of St. Frideswide and the long memory of sacred Oxford’

Lunch*

14.15: Session Two

Professor Mishtooni Bose (Christ Church, Oxford), ‘Tam religiosi, quam saeculares: Canterbury College, Oxford’

Dr David Rundle (University of Kent), ‘Wolsey, Cromwell and the Intellectual Ambition of Cardinal College’

15:30: Refreshments

16:00: Session Three

Judith Curthoys (Christ Church, Oxford), ‘Stones and Statutes: the creation of a college’

Professor Glenn Richardson (St Mary’s University, Twickenham), ‘Cardinal College and Wolsey’s Educational Patronage’.

* Lunch is not provided but can be easily found in the city centre.