Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades: 7th Annual Symposium

The Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades invites you to join us for our 7th Annual Symposium on the theme of Crusading, warfare, militarization in medieval society. Programme for the day runs as follows and includes a keynote from Professor John France (Swansea University) entitled ‘St Louis and Mansourah’.

Symposium welcome, registration and refreshments: 2pm – 3pm, Foyer

Panel One – Writing Crusade Histories: 3pm – 4pm

Louis Pulford (Honourary Research Fellow, Lancaster University): ‘Pollution and Purity: Justifying Holy War during the Albigensian Crusade’

Thomas Brosset (Associate Lecturer, Lancaster University): ‘Was Kerbogha made a scapegoat for the failure of the Muslim coalition against the First Crusade in March–June 1098?’

Break, tea and coffee: 4pm – 4.20pm, Foyer

Panel Two: - Medieval Warfare and the Crusades: 4.20 – 5.20

Alan Murray (Professor of Medieval European History, University of Leeds): ‘Travels with a Trebuchet: Otto of Brunswick, Albrecht of Saxony and the Transmission of Siege Technology between Italy and Livonia’

Francesca Petrizzo (Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Glasgow): ‘Making efficient crusaders: The military training of the Southern Normans’

Wine Reception 5.20 – 6pm

Keynote Lecture: 6pm – 7pm

John France (Professor Emeritus, University of Swansea): ‘St Louis and Mansourah’

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Geoffrey Manton Building Lecture Theatre 6, Manchester, United Kingdom