Renaissance Centre Events Calendar
'From Melee to Opera: The Metamorphosis of the Chivalric Tournament'
DAVID CROUCH (Professor of Medieval History, University of Hull). A Facsimile of the Battlefield? What was at issue in the Mêlée Tournament
TOBIAS CAPWELL (Curator of Arms and Armour, the Wallace Collection). Violence and Elegance. Changing Priorities in the Joust, c. 1200-1625
NOEL FALLOWS (Professor of Spanish, University of Georgia). From Sport to Spectacle in Renaissance Iberia: Jousting, the Game of Canes, and Bull-Running
IAN FENLON (Professor of Music. Fellow, King's College, Cambridge). Martial Monteverdi
HELEN WATANABE-O'KELLY (Professor of German. Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford). 'The Invention of Tradition?' August the Strong and his historicising Tournaments
SYDNEY ANGLO (Emeritus Professor, University of Wales). The History of the History of Tournaments
Registration £25 (£12.50 for concessions): including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch.
To Register, please contact: warburg@sas.ac.uk