'The Monastery Alone a City': 1,000 Years of the Abbey of St Edmund

Adrian Tindall SpeakerNet Sponsor


Region:
East of England
Notice Period:
Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:
Retired Professional
Fee:
Paid: £70 plus travel expenses (25p/mile, up to 50 miles from Bury St Edmunds)
Category:
History
Updated:
18th October 2024
Tagged:
Normans | Medieval | Tudors | Abbeys

From its foundation by King Cnut to its dissolution by Henry VIII, the Benedictine Abbey of St Edmund was for five centuries one of the richest monasteries in England, and a European centre of pilgrimage. This illustrated talk will describe how and why the abbey was founded, how it grew to be so powerful, and why it now stands in ruins.

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About Adrian Tindall

I am an accredited Green Badge Tour Guide, an Associate of the Institute of Tourist Guiding and Chair of the Bury St Edmunds Association of Registered Tour Guides. I am the author of ‘A Neat and Beautiful Theatre: The Story of Bury St Edmunds Market Cross' (2024).

I was a professional archaeologist for over forty years, serving as county archaeologist for Hereford and Worcester, Cheshire and Cambridgeshire. I have excavated in East Anglia, the Midlands, Yorkshire, the North West, Wales, Orkney, Italy and Libya. I am a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.


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