Saturday November 14th 14:00 : Parish Church Patrons: supporting your church and saving your soul in Medieval England
St Thomas, at St Mary’s, Drayton Beauchamp
Speaker: Eleanor Townsend (D Phil student University of Oxford, previously curatorial roles at the V&A)
England’s medieval parish churches were once saturated with imagery, which has almost all been subsequently destroyed. Each image was paid for by someone, to beautify their church, but also in the hope of saving their souls after death . By exploring the different types of image once ubiquitous in our parish churches, and the people responsible for them, this lecture will unlock a lost world.