About this Event
Introducing the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archeological Society's December 2022 lecture!
The church of St Laurence at Ansley in north Warwickshire typifies many ordinary rural churches of the twelfth century in its context, plan and form, but in the chancel there survives an unusual and not readily paralleled sculpture. The church has previously been dated to mid-late twelfth century, but it is here proposed that this should be revised to much earlier in the century. The context, patronage, and development of the twelfth century church will be discussed and the iconography and significance of the sculpture considered. It will be suggested that it combined generic and more specific meanings and reflects Saxo-Norman influence.
Introducing our speaker:
Dr John Hunt
John Hunt is a medievalist whose approach is interdisciplinary, and whose interests include lordship and community, landscape, and cultural history, particularly in the English western midlands and southwestern France. Working primarily on regional history and archaeology between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, his current research is focussed particularly on religious landscapes, parish churches and their communities, on which he has recently had several articles published.
John Hunt, BA, PhD, FSA, FRHistS, PGCE, is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Birmingham, where he is also a member of the Centre for West Midlands History. Among his associations with national and local societies, he is the current President of the Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society, and a past Chair (and current Vice-Chair) of the Council for British Archaeology, West Midlands.
This lecture is FREE for members and members of affiliated societies. Members do not need to book tickets.
This lecture is open to non-members, please book your ticket (£5+booking fee) in order to secure your place.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Guild of Students, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00