Religion in Britain and Ireland, 1400-1700

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Trinity Term 2025

Thursdays, 5pm

The Pusey Room, Keble College


Week 1

1 May

Paul Cavill, University of Cambridge

The two swords: spiritual and temporal jurisdiction in Henrician England


Week 2

8 May

Sam Teague, University of Oxford

In times of ferment and flourishing: the livelihoods of Chapel Royal musicians, 1640s–80s


Week 3

15 May

Tim Wade, University of Warwick

John Bale and Polydore Vergil: an encounter in Church history


Week 4

22 May

Brian Mac Cuarta, Campion Hall, Oxford

A Caroline Catholic conversion: Francis Slingsby (1611–42)


Week 5

29 May

Tara Hamling, University of Birmingham

Framing the Word: presenting religious texts as "comely" ornament in post-Reformation England


Week 6

5 June

Kate Shore, Lincoln College, Oxford

English Reformers in German print, 1547–1603


Week 7

12 June

David Scott, History of Parliament

Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian style


Week 8

19 June

Mary Morrissey, University of Reading

London public sermons and early modern emotional communities


Drinks served after the seminar on 1 May and 19 June.

For more information, or for the Teams link to join remotely, please contact:

sarah.apetrei@campion.ox.ac.uk

Convened by Sophie Aldred, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Judith Maltby, and Grant Tapsell