Sandars Lecture 2016: ‘John Caius: history as argument’
Yesterday I attended the first of the 2016 Sandars Lectures delivered by Professor Anthony Grafton at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, which this year (in honour of the 600th anniversary of … Continue reading
The Gold Angel: legendary coin, enduring amulet
For an historian of the English Reformation interested in Catholicism, survivals of Catholic imagery and practice into the post-Reformation period are always especially fascinating. One such survival, which was given … Continue reading
Contract signed for The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds: History, Legacy and Discovery
I have recently signed a contract with the Lasse Press to publish my book The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds: History, Legacy and Discovery in September 2016. This will be … Continue reading
Historicising paganism, paganising history
On a recent visit to Stockholm I was intrigued by a collection of Sami religious artefacts in the Nordiska Museet. Apart from the irony that these objects belonging to a non-Nordic people were … Continue reading
