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* Magna Carta image reproduced by kind permission of the Dean & Chapter, Lincoln Cathedral
The Lincoln Magna Carta Conference
Programme
7-9 April 2015
EMMTEC, University of Lincoln
The Lincoln Magna Carta Conference Programme
7-9 April 2015
Tuesday 7 April
Early Career Researchers Day
12:00-12:30 Registration
12:30-14:00 Coffee, light refreshments, networking, and book exhibition and sales.
14:00-14:15 Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Magna Carta, Justice and the Barons
14:15-15:25
Will Eves (University of St. Andrews), Royal justice in the years preceding Magna Carta:
Actions of mort d'ancestor before King John, 1199-1216
Joshua Hey (University of St. Andrews), The role of the oaths in 1215: A comparative
approach
15:25-15:55 Coffee
Session 2: Magna Carta and the Church in the thirteenth century
15:55 -17:05
Felicity Hill (University of East Anglia), Magna Carta and pastoral care
James Richardson (University of York), Ecclesiastical liberty and church reform: Bishops and
their dioceses in the reign of Edward I
17:05 Day close
Optional visit: Langton-by-Wragby
17:20 Coach departure from University of Lincoln campus (rear of EMMTEC) for those
attending evensong at Langton-by-Wragby, via The Lincoln Hotel
17:45 Coach departs from The Lincoln Hotel for those attending evensong
18:30 Evensong with lecture in Langton-by-Wragby church – the birthplace of Archbishop
Stephen Langton, one of the chief architects of Magna Carta. Followed by refreshments
The coach will return delegates to The Lincoln Hotel and the University by 22:00 at the
latest.
The Lincoln Magna Carta Conference Programme
7-9 April 2015
Wednesday, 8 April
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
Keynote Lecture, Professor David Carpenter (King’s College London)
09:30 - 10:30
The Lincoln Magna Carta and the proclamation and preservation of Magna Carta in 1215
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
Session 1: Magna Carta and Royal Power
11:00 – 12:15
Stephen Church (University of East Anglia), Making peace with your king: Form and function
in Magna Carta 1215
Frédérique Lachaud (Universite de Lorrainé, Metz), Limiting the king’s powers by law and
counsel: Magna Carta in the context of political theory (c. 1150-c. 1215)
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
Session 2: Royal Power and Magna Carta
13:15 - 14:45
David Crook (University of Nottingham / Lincoln Record Society), The Forest Clauses of
Magna Carta 1215
Dauvit Broun (University of Glasgow), Scotland’s Magna Carta?
14:45-15:15 Coffee
Session 3: Looking Within and Beyond
15.15 - 17:00
Louise Wilkinson (Canterbury Christ Church University), Lincolnshire women in the age of
Magna Carta
Jessica Nelson (The National Archives), Hostages, wives and queens: A female angle on
Anglo-Scottish relations in the age of Magna Carta.
Helen Lacey (University of Oxford), Invocations of Magna Carta in the later middle ages
Plenary Discussion and day close
17:00 - 17:30
Optional: Conference Dinner
19:00
Formal dinner in Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House, with after-dinner speech by Lord Patrick
Cormack (Chairman of the Historic Lincoln Trust) and medieval music from Lincoln Waits
The Lincoln Magna Carta Conference Programme
7-9 April 2015
Thursday, 9 April
Optional tours – uphill
11:00 Visit to Lincoln Cathedral Library
Meet at the foot of the Cathedral library stairs at 11:00
11:00 Visit to Lincoln Castle to view Lincoln’s copy of Magna Carta
To include a welcome and short presentation by Mary Powell. Entry to the
Magna Carta chamber has been booked for 12 noon. Meet at 11:00 – details
to be confirmed during the conference
11:00 Walking tour of uphill Lincoln
Meet Chris Johnson outside the Magna Carta pub on Castle Square at 11:00