The Confessions and Chronicle of Lord Edward
Darren Baker is a translator and historian who took his degree at the University of Connecticut. Born in California, he has lived in the Czech Republic since 1992. Focusing his medieval studies on the reign of Henry III, he has produced biographies of the king, his brother Richard of Cornwall, and the de Montfort family. […]
Crusader Criminals, the Knights that went rogue
Steve is a graduate of Cambridge and London Universities and is one of the foremost academics working in the field of the crusades and medieval warfare. He has been widely published, in many languages, by Yale, Oxford and Cambridge University Press. His latest book, ‘Crusader Criminals – The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land‘, a wry look […]
Medieval Art and the Making of European Kingship
Faith Tibble is a graduate of Temple and Haifa Universities. A former Latin instructor in Philadelphia, she moved to Israel to study archaeology before gaining her PhD in Medieval Art History. Her forthcoming book, ‘The Crown of Thorns: Humble Gods and Humiliated Kings’, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2025. Dr Faith Tibble will provide […]
Eyam: The Plague Village
Date: October 03, 2025 Start time: 13:00 End time: 15:00 Venue: Holland House, Main Street, Cropthorne, Pershore. WR10 3NB Phone: 01386 860330 Email: enquiries@hollandhouse.org The Derbyshire village of Eyam would be just another attractive spot in the English countryside, were it not for events there in 1665. In that year, as plague spread through England, the village’s residents – led by […]
Off to the Workhouse
Date: 15 October 2025 Start time: 19:00 End time: 20:00 Venue: Ecgwins Club, 117 High Street, Evesham WR11 4EQ Phone: 07871 285606 Email: info@eveshamfestivalofwords.org In this illustrated talk historian Richard Churchley paints a picture of the way in which the poor were treated by the authorities from Elizabethan times through to the twentieth century. To explain the poor laws he uses […]
Reasons for Treason: The Gunpowder Plot
In the early hours of 5th November 1605 Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellars under the Houses of Parliament, with a fuse, a small lamp, a box of matches and 36 barrels of gunpowder. The intent was obvious, but an ill-planned plot to destroy, not just the king, James I and his family, but […]
