Summer Dunnett Day 2015
We held our Summer Dunnett Day on 21st June 2025. This was held in Leicester, in England’s East Midlands, the burial place of Richard III, and a historic town in its own right. It was a highly enjoyable and interesting day, and included time to visit Leicester Cathedral and the Richard III Visitors Centre.
Programme
Niccolo Rising: How men were made by marriage in the Middle Ages
Dr Archer writes: ‘One of the best ways to get on in the mediaeval world was through marriage. A judicious marriage could bring status, networks and wealth; who to marry was the single most important decision made by the propertied classes. The laws on marriage were instituted by the church and although canon law was complex, strict and sometimes not very convenient, legitimacy depended on the rules being followed.’
Richard III, his armour, and Bruges in the fifteenth century
Toby Capwell is an historian whose principal interest is in European arms and armour of the Mediaeval and Renaissance periods ( 12th century to the 16th). He was formerly Curator of Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection in London.
Toby has written and spoken extensively on both the historical and the practical aspects of his subject. He is also a skilled jouster, and has claimed to be the world’s only jousting curator.
From cheetah hunt to tortured conscience: the travels and travails of Henry IV:
Helen Castor is an acclaimed mediaeval and Tudor historian. Her books include the prize-winning Blood & Roses, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England before Elizabeth, and Joan of Arc, dubbed ‘a triumph of history’. She has presented a range of radio and television programmes for the BBC and Channel 4, including documentaries based on She-Wolves and Joan of Arc, and was part of Channel 4’s live coverage of the reburial of Richard III in 2015. Her new book, The Eagle and the Hart, tells the story of the tumultuous reigns of Richard II and Henry IV.
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