Caroline Shenton to give lecture for local arts society
Dr Caroline Shenton
The next lecture to be hosted by the Arts Society South West London will be given by archivist and historian Dr Caroline Shenton.
The talk is titled ‘Heaven on Earth: A Road Trip Through Medieval Burgundy’ and takes place on Monday 12 June at 8pm at Dryburgh Hall,
Settled by the Romans, who brought wine and gastronomy, Burgundy is a region of France packed with stupendous and moving architectural wonders dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Autun, Vezelay, Fontenay, Pontigny and Cluny were spiritual service stations for crusaders, pilgrims and monks, profoundly influencing Western European art in the Middle Ages.
The lecture will provide an armchair tour through this wonderful Romanesque region, and look at how the Benedictine abbeys and Cistercian monasteries there created some of the best wines in the world.
Dr Caroline Shenton was formerly Director of the Parliamentary Archives in London and, before that, a senior archivist at the National Archives. Her books ‘The Day Parliament Burned Down’ and the sequel ‘Mr Barry’s War’, have won a number of awards. Her third book, ‘National Treasures’ tells the extraordinary stories behind the saving of London’s art and museum collections in World War Two.
Visit the society’s website for details of how to register for the Zoom Lecture.
If you have never attended an Arts Society lecture before you are urged to join and find out about your local Arts Society.
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June 9, 2023
