Viking Day -1016 Cnut, Europe and the Making of England
11:00am - 5:00pm /
Saturday 15th October 2016
/ Venue: Public Lectures (Lecture Theatre 6, Rendall Building)
Life in Viking-Age England (Ambercromby Square Gardens)
Artefacts of Viking England (Garstang Museum) Rendall Building
Type: Exhibition /
Category: Department
- Dr Marios Costambeys
- Suitable for: Anyone interested in the topic, including university staff and students and members of the public.
- Admission: Admission is free, please register your attendance via EventbriteEventbrite.
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2016 marks a thousand years since the conquest of England by the Danish king Cnut, and this October we commemorate his defeat of the Anglo-Saxon king Edmund Ironside at the battle of ‘Assandun’.
Cnut’s victory brought to power a Viking dynasty that ruled England for 26 years, and influenced it for far longer. In this special commemoration, we seek to bring Cnut’s England back to life. We ask why his conquest and rule over the country has been relatively neglected, and why it still matters to us, 1000 years later.
Artefacts of Viking England, including the Huxley Hoard. On display all day in the Garstang Museum (just off Abercromby Square). A talk on the hoard’s discovery and significance will be delivered by its principal excavator, Dr Rob Philpott, at 12.30 and again at 3.30 in the Garstang Museum Teaching Room: ‘The Huxley Hoard and the Irish Sea in the Age of Cnut’.
Life in Viking-Age England, re-enacted by Viking Chester (Abercromby Square): all day. Demonstrations of Viking combat will take place at 12.00 and 3.30.
Public lectures. Rendall Building, 1.30-4.50pm. Refreshments will be provided.
Timetable
12.00-12.20 Demonstrations of Viking weaponry (Viking Chester)
12.30-1.00 ‘The Huxley Hoard and the Irish Sea region in the age of Cnut’
Rob Philpott (University of Liverpool)
1.30-2.10 ‘1016 - the English context: Æthelred the Unready, Edmund Ironside and Cnut’
Pauline Stafford (University of Liverpool/University of Leeds)
2.10-2.50 ‘1016 and all that: Cnut’s invasion of England and subsequent rule’
Tim Bolton (University of Aberdeen/Dreweatts and Bloomsbury)
2.50-3.30 ‘Crossing Conquests: English Royal Women and the Politics of Fiction?’
Elizabeth Tyler (University of York)
3.30-4.10 Tea (including:-
‘The Huxley Hoard and the Irish Sea region in the age of Cnut’
Rob Philpott (University of Liverpool)
Demonstrations of Viking weaponry (Viking Chester)
4.10-4.50 ‘1016: why it matters’
Charles Insley (University of Manchester)
Cnut’s victory brought to power a Viking dynasty that ruled England for 26 years, and influenced it for far longer. In this special commemoration, we seek to bring Cnut’s England back to life. We ask why his conquest and rule over the country has been relatively neglected, and why it still matters to us, 1000 years later.
Artefacts of Viking England, including the Huxley Hoard. On display all day in the Garstang Museum (just off Abercromby Square). A talk on the hoard’s discovery and significance will be delivered by its principal excavator, Dr Rob Philpott, at 12.30 and again at 3.30 in the Garstang Museum Teaching Room: ‘The Huxley Hoard and the Irish Sea in the Age of Cnut’.
Life in Viking-Age England, re-enacted by Viking Chester (Abercromby Square): all day. Demonstrations of Viking combat will take place at 12.00 and 3.30.
Public lectures. Rendall Building, 1.30-4.50pm. Refreshments will be provided.
Timetable
12.00-12.20 Demonstrations of Viking weaponry (Viking Chester)
12.30-1.00 ‘The Huxley Hoard and the Irish Sea region in the age of Cnut’
Rob Philpott (University of Liverpool)
1.30-2.10 ‘1016 - the English context: Æthelred the Unready, Edmund Ironside and Cnut’
Pauline Stafford (University of Liverpool/University of Leeds)
2.10-2.50 ‘1016 and all that: Cnut’s invasion of England and subsequent rule’
Tim Bolton (University of Aberdeen/Dreweatts and Bloomsbury)
2.50-3.30 ‘Crossing Conquests: English Royal Women and the Politics of Fiction?’
Elizabeth Tyler (University of York)
3.30-4.10 Tea (including:-
‘The Huxley Hoard and the Irish Sea region in the age of Cnut’
Rob Philpott (University of Liverpool)
Demonstrations of Viking weaponry (Viking Chester)
4.10-4.50 ‘1016: why it matters’
Charles Insley (University of Manchester)