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SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2025

Queen Berengaria of Navarre

a talk by Dr Gabrielle Storey

[ZOOM PRESENTATION - start at 14:15 for 14:30]

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Berengaria of Navarre was the wife of one of England's most famous of medieval kings, Richard the Lionheart. Yet her name has been lost in the shadows of her more famed contemporaries, including her mother-in-law, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In this talk Dr Storey will bring the life of England's most forgotten medieval queens to life, unpicking the myths and legends that surrounded her career as queen of England, and how she went from widow queen to a powerful lord in Le Mans. Sat between Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria's political career has often been assumed to be one of shadows. However, her impact and legacy went far beyond England's borders as she demonstrated the true power and authority of lordship as a dowager.

SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025

Piracy and War in the Bristol Channel 1400-1700

Illustrated talk by Philip Ashford

SATURDAY 5 APRIL 2025

Sir Anthony Woodville : Lord Scales

Illustrated talk by Danielle Burton

SATURDAY 10 MAY 2025

Visit to Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire

Guided tour with Richard Goddard, chair of the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society

SATURDAY 7 JUNE 2025

STUDY DAY : The Wars of the Roses in the Severn Vale

Watson Hall, 65 Barton Street, Tewkesbury  GL20 5PX

four fascinating talks by leading scholars (more detail soon):

* The Berkeleys during the Wars of the Roses by Dr Adam Dolling

* Wars of the Roses in the Severn Valley by Steve David

* The Herberts and the Wars of the Roses by Nathen Amin 

* Life and Times of the Newport Ship by Dr Toby Jones

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 12/13 JULY 2025

Tewkesbury Medieval Festival

We participate in this superb annual event hosted by the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society. Full details will be available later.

SATURDAY 2 AUGUST 2025

Lady Eleanor Butler

Illustrated talk by Richard Goddard, Chair of the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society

SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2025

Visit to Medieval Gloucester

Guided walk with Dr Andrew Armstrong

SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 2025 

BRANCH AGM

[ZOOM  - start at 14:25 for 14:30]

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2025 

The Sons of Simon de Montfort 

Illustrated talk by Steve David

SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2025

Medieval Christmas

[ZOOM PRESENTATION - start at 14:15 for 14:30] tickets on sale from October 2025

talk by Kirstie Bingham of the John Moore Museum, Tewkesbury

PLEASE NOTE : ALL LIVE MEETINGS, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, WILL BE HELD AT THE EMMANUEL HALL, FAIRFIELD PARADE, LECKHAMPTON, GL53 7PJ

Meetings (Zoom and live) commence at 2:30 pm with the exception of field visits which are by arrangement. Any change to this time will be highlighted. 

For meetings where there is an outside speaker a charge of £6 will be made to offset costs [£7.50 for non-Branch members]. When there is no visiting speaker fee there will be a general charge of £1 per person, again, to offset cost.

programme page updated 12 January 2025