Religion in Britain and Ireland, 1400-1700

Seminar series on Thursdays at 17:00 in the Pusey Room, Keble College, unless otherwise stated.

Offered by the Faculties of History and Theology and Religion.
Drinks will be served after the seminar on 1 May and 19 June.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Judith Maltby, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Grant Tapsell, Sophie Aldred
Timing: Thursdays at 17:00

Talks:

Thursday 1 May 2025

The two swords: spiritual and temporal jurisdiction in henrician England
Date: 1 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Paul Cavill (Cambridge)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 May 2025

In times of ferment and flourishing: the livelihoods of Chapel Royal musicians, 1640s-80s
Date: 8 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Sam Teague (Oxford)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 May 2025

John Bale and Polydore Vergil: an encounter in Church history
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Tim Wade (Warwick)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

A Caroline Catholic conversion: Francis Slingsby (1611-42)
Date: 22 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Brian Mac Cuarta (Campion Hall, Oxford)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 May 2025

Framing the Word: presenting religious texts as "comely" ornament in post-Reformation England
Date: 29 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Tara Hamling (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 June 2025

English Reformers in German print, 1547-1603
Date: 5 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Kate Shore (Lincoln College, Oxford)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 June 2025

Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian style
Date: 12 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : David Scott (History of Parliament)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 June 2025

London public sermons and early modern emotional communities
Date: 19 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Mary Morrissey (Reading University)
Venue: Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details: Pusey Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark