A Lewes Priory Trust Study Day

The Cloister and the Gate: the Monks of Lewes Priory and the Laity

Pass through the Priory Gatehouse with us as a visitor as we join the pilgrims and the patrons and enter the cloistered world of the monks

• HOW elaborate and innovative was the Cluniac cloister of the 12th and 13th century?
• HOW were visitors, pilgrims and patrons received when they arrived at the priory?
• WHAT did the visiting laity experience as they entered the priory and the church?
• WHAT can we learn about priories and patrons from their related psalters?

Speakers:

• Harriet Mahood, BA MA(Res) University of Reading
• Dr Ruth Salter University of Reading
• John McNeill FSA Hon. Sec. British Archaeological Association
• Jennifer Mansfield MPhil Candidate University of Exeter
• Chair: Arthur Franklin

Venue: St John The Baptist Church, Southover, Lewes

Booking: via Priory Trust website

Image at Priory Trust website

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