We are pleased to announce the launch of the pre-publication records for the Wentworth Household of Wentworth Woodhouse (Wath-upon-Dearne), West Yorkshire. William Wentworth, baronet (1562—1614), was succeeded by his son Thomas Wentworth (1593-1641), 1st Earl of Strafford and Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1632-1640. A leading figure in the politics of the day, Wentworth supported the […]
Today we share the exciting news that REED has launched its new digital edition of The Records of Early English Drama: Berkshire volume, edited by Alexandra F. Johnston. Moreover, the material is now freely available at REED Online, here: https://ereed.library.utoronto.ca/. REED head office in Toronto adds the following: ‘We are pleased to make available the long-awaited records […]
REED North-East editors David Klausner and Mark Chambers took part in the annual ‘Meeting in the Middle’ Conference, held 8-9 April 2018 at Longwood University in Virginia, hosted by Professors Larissa Tracy and Stephen Isaac. Dr. Klausner’s plenary on 9th April was entitled ‘Stage Management for a Crucifixion’, whilst Dr. Chambers spoke on ‘Serpents, Stags […]
Today is a beautiful sunny Maundy Thursday in Durham. In light of the day, we’re reposting this Flower from a few years back: How did the medieval monks of Durham celebrate Maundy Thursday? A work known as the Rites of Durham – a late 16th-century account of the earlier, pre-Reformation rites and practices of […]
King Henry VIII visited Yorkshire only once in the course of his long reign, in the summer and autumn of 1541, and seems to have been prompted to travel so far only by the perceived need to calm (and possibly threaten) the rebellious North in the wake of the Pilgrimage of Grace and other risings […]
Ted McGee, co-editor of the Yorkshire, West Riding REED material (with Sylvia Thomas) has made available some new records* for West Yorkshire, relating to performance in the ancient village of Methley and nearby Methley Manor, and in the accounts of Sir Leonard Beckwith of Selby (c.1520-1555). You can access all of the current West Riding […]
The York Festival Trust have announced the line-up and call for performers for this summer’s production of ‘The Mystery Plays’. More information may be found here: http://www.yorkmysteryplays.co.ukhttps://mailchi.mp/314d584067d3/our-20th-year-is-all-coming-together?e=c397237b85
REED N-E’s own Mark Chambers will be speaking on ‘Nudity in the Medieval Drama’ at the workshop below, hosted by Durham University’s Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies: —REGISTRATION IS OPEN— [WORKSHOP] Laid Bare: Attitudes to Nudity in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period Saturday 10th March 2018 Senior Common Room, St Cuthbert’s Society, 12 […]
The pre-edited Records of Early English Drama drawn from the substantial family accounts of the Percys (the Medieval & Early Modern Earls of Northumberland) may now be viewed and searched on our ‘Percy Papers’ page. Check out the latest batch of Percy records here: The Percy Papers Thanks to REED editor Robert Alexander, assisted by […]
In an update to REED N-E’s earlier ‘Flower of the Month’, we’ve discovered that Durham might have even older evidence for plow ceremonies than those mentioned last week (see Epiphanytide in Medieval Durham). As mentioned in the previous post, accounts from several of the manor houses attached to Durham Cathedral Priory record payments to ploughmen and […]