Events

'A World Turn'd Upside Down': The English Civil Wars from a Regional Perspective

Saturday 3rd November 2018

A one-day conference exploring the mid seventeenth-century English Civil Wars from a regional perspective. Lectures from experts in the period will consider the conflict, its context and repercussions in Shropshire, the northerly Welsh Marches and parts of the West Midlands. Speakers include:

Professor Peter Gaunt on military developments and the civil war in and around Cheshire
Dr Jonathan Worton on military events and organisation and the civil war in and around Shropshire
Professor Malcolm Wanklyn on a prominent family of Warwickshire Roman Catholics and their engagement with the civil war
John Sutton on why Catholics along the Shropshire/Staffordshire border rallied to the royalist cause during the 1651 Battle of Worcester campaign
Professor Richard Hoyle on how the Poor Law was administered in and around Shrewsbury during a time of civil war and civil strife
Dr Isabel Jones re-assessing why the so-called Clubmen rose up in arms in parts of Shropshire and the Welsh borderlands in 1644/45

Thus the day will explore key aspects of the military, administrative, religious and social history of the civil war period.

There will also be a display area, including a book stall.

Date: Saturday 3 November 2018

Time: 10.00 am to 5 pm

Venue: At the University Centre Shrewsbury, The Guildhall, Frankwell, Shrewsbury SY3 8HQ

Admission is £10.00 per person, to include welcome tea/coffee and buffet lunch.

(Free to students at the time studying at University Centre Shrewsbury or the University of Chester).

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. Please visit www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/public-events, scan down the monthly listing to this event on 3 November, click on it and you will be taken to the page where you can book and pay.