Subject: Centre for Medieval Studies - Half Day Conference

Subject: Centre for Medieval Studies - Half Day Conference

Approved: itenot

Centre for Medieval Studies

Half-Day Conference

Princess Eadgyth of Wessex and her World
Wednesday 20 January 2010, 14:00 - 17:00
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, 43 Woodland road

In 2008, the probable remains of the Saxon Princess Eadgyth were located in
a tomb at Magdeburg Cathedral, her bones wrapped in Byzantine silk. This
conference will be the first opportunity in the UK to hear about this
remarkable discovery and the scientific project that has been undertaken to
confirm the identification of the remains. It will also place the
discovery within the context of late ninth century Merica and Wessex, where
Eadgyth grew up, the role of the Church, and especially the cult of St
Oswald, that flourished in tenth-century southern Germany.
Speakers

Speakers:

Harald Meller and Veit Dresely (Landesmusuem fuer Vorgeschichte,
Sachsen-Anhalt) 'The Editha -Project and its science'

Michael Hare 'The Hwicce Church in the ninth and tenth centuries'

Carolyn Heighway, 'The Minster of St Oswald's, Gloucester and his cult'

Mark Horton (University of Bristol) 'Berkeley Minster - a monastery at the
boundary between Wessex and Mercia'


Free Entrance (but to be sure of a ticket, please contact Professor Mark
Horton, Mark.Horton@bristol.ac.uk)


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Dear Stacy,

A friend passed me details of this short conference in Bristol the other day, and I wondered if it was worth circulating them to the membership. I've seen no other publicity for it.

New Year's greetings,

Peter Jackson


Subject: Centre for Medieval Studies - Half Day Conference

Approved: itenot

Centre for Medieval Studies

Half-Day Conference

Princess Eadgyth of Wessex and her World
Wednesday 20 January 2010, 14:00 - 17:00
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, 43 Woodland road

In 2008, the probable remains of the Saxon Princess Eadgyth were located in
a tomb at Magdeburg Cathedral, her bones wrapped in Byzantine silk. This
conference will be the first opportunity in the UK to hear about this
remarkable discovery and the scientific project that has been undertaken to
confirm the identification of the remains. It will also place the
discovery within the context of late ninth century Merica and Wessex, where
Eadgyth grew up, the role of the Church, and especially the cult of St
Oswald, that flourished in tenth-century southern Germany.
Speakers

Speakers:

Harald Meller and Veit Dresely (Landesmusuem fuer Vorgeschichte,
Sachsen-Anhalt) 'The Editha -Project and its science'

Michael Hare 'The Hwicce Church in the ninth and tenth centuries'

Carolyn Heighway, 'The Minster of St Oswald's, Gloucester and his cult'

Mark Horton (University of Bristol) 'Berkeley Minster - a monastery at the
boundary between Wessex and Mercia'


Free Entrance (but to be sure of a ticket, please contact Professor Mark
Horton, Mark.Horton@bristol.ac.uk)