Liam Temple, Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University Artwork by a current friar expressing the Capuchin charism in visual form Every so often a historian gets a dream opportunity: to explore an archive that no secular academic has been granted access to before. I was fortunate to be given such an opportunity … Continue reading Unearthing new collections for the history of Catholicism
45th SymposiumDouai Abbey Thursday 11 April 2024 The 45 th English Benedictine Symposium will be held at Douai Abbey, UpperWoolhampton, Reading RG7 5TQ, tel. 0118-9715-300 by kind permission of the Abbot andCommunity, A booking form is attached. Directions will be found on the Douai Abbey website. The nearest rail station isMidgham, which usually involves a change … Continue reading English Benedictine History Symposium
AHRC-RLUK Fellowship Report by Dr Jonathan Bush (Durham University) Jonathan spoke about his AHRC-RLUK funded project at this year's CAS Conference and we are pleased to post a link to his completed fellowship report : AHRC-RLUK-Fellowship-Report (1)Download
Victoria Stevens ACR Victoria Stevens Library and Archive Preservation and Conservation Ltd. victoriastevensconservation@gmail.com When it comes to the repair of bound items, there is a long tradition of the reuse and repurposing of materials. The recycling of waste is predominant in the history of book construction and repair methods throughout the medieval and early modern … Continue reading Putting a finger on it: evidence of unusual historical repair materials and methods in two special collections
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