Bull 465
Dec 2017
Medieval Studies Forum - Wool and Sheep
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10.30am Registration: tea and coffee available
11.00am “From wool to cloth: the medieval textile industry in southern England, 1300-1600.” Dr John Hare, visiting research fellow at the University of Winchester
12.00am "Tithes on wool in east Surrey in 1535." Peter Balmer
12.30pm “Sheep & Wool – a practical guide.” David Graham
12.45pm Lunch break – tea and coffee available
Enclosing the Civilised World in a Ring
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A World Heritage Thematic Study on the Roman Frontiers.
Encircling the Mediterranean Sea, the Roman Frontier is the single largest monument surviving from the Roman World. Dr Marinus Rien Polak, Radboud University Nijmegmen will present case studies on this thematic study.
More details and tickets on: icomos-uk.org/events
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
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The 1918 flu pandemic was a lethal outbreak of influenza which infected 500 million people around the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million (three to five percent of the world's population) making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. It killed the young and not the old, and was spread around the world by troops returning home after the First World War.
Easter Walks
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Due to popular demand a further series of Easter Walks around Epsom and Ewell has been arranged.Contact Bourne Hall Museum for full details.
Some Surrey Medieval Churches - a study trip
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A full day of visits, with talks, around some of Surrey's finest medieval churches; including Compton, Albury, Shere and Wotton.
See attached programme for details.
Visit Lullingstone Roman Villa and Eynsford Castle
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Saturday 19th May 2018 - Lullingstone Roman Villa and Eynsford Castle
Brian Philp, Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, will lead us around both sites. Brian has spent 10 years digging on the Lullingstone Roman Villa and 40 years digging in the area.
PhD studentship funding: The Medieval Iron Industry in the Weald
The University of Exeter, Wealden Iron Research Group and the Early Metals Research Trust are jointly funding a second three year PhD studentship, following the current successful collaboration, focussing on the Romans, which began in 2015. There is the potential to combine documentary, field and laboratory studies. Details are available from Exeter University: www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3042
New Items Acquired by the Library in February 2018
New Items Acquired by the Library
February 2018
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Books
Alan Sorrell: the man who created Roman Britain, by Julia Sorrell and Mark Sorrell, Oxbow, 2018 E1
Drawing lithic artefacts, by Yannick Raczynski-Henk, Sidestone Press, 2017 E6
Working with the past: towards an archaeology of recycling, edited by Dragoş Gheorghiu and Phil Mason, Archaeopress Archaeology, 2017 E7
Simon Esmonde Cleary to chair 'Shining a light on the 5th century AD' conference
We are pleased to announce that Professor Simon Esmonde Cleary has kindly agreed to chair the forthcoming major conference on the Roman-Saxon transition 'Shining a light on the 5th century AD in Surrey and the South-East: how did Roman Britain become Saxon England'.
Simon Esmonde Cleary is Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Birmingham and his current research is focused on the Roman to post-Roman transition over much of the western part of the empire . He has written extensively on this subject including on the countryside of Roman Britain in the fourth and fifth centuries, and the Roman to Medieval transition, and is therefore ideally placed to lead discussions on what will be the latest archaeological evidence for the 5th century.
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