Events

Battle of Tewkesbury

Wars of the Roses Conference

Saturday 1st June 2019

 

A one-day conference on the Wars of the Roses, jointly presented by Strode College, the Richard III Society Somerset branch and the Battlefields Trust Wessex region.

Dr Gordon McKelvie: The Wars of the Roses: an overview.

Dr Joanna Laynesmith: Queens and Court During the Wars of the Roses.

Julian Humphrys: Battlefields of the Wars of the Roses

Professor Peter Fleming: The Wars of the Roses in the South West.

Matthew Lewis: Loyalty binds me: Richard III.

Michael Burgess: The War Bow in the 15th century

 

Venue: Glastonbury Town Hall BA6 9EL. Tickets are £26.00 from Strode Theatre Box Office on telephone 01458 442846.

 
 

For further information.

  • Contact name : Strode Theatre Box Office
  • Contact phone : 01458 442846
 

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