The Leicester Medieval Research Centre
Previous Brixworth Lectures
The Brixworth Lecture Series is organised by The Friends of All Saints Church Brixworth in conjunction with the Medieval Research Centre at the University of Leicester. The lecture is generally held annually on the Saturday nearest to the feast of All Saints (1 November).
Many of the lectures have been published and can be purchased at the church or via the Friends of All Saints'.
Archive
| Lecture No. | Lecture title | Year |
| 39 |
Dr Christine Rauer |
2022 |
| 38 |
Dr Jane Kershaw Vikings in Northamptonshire |
2021 |
| 37 |
Dr Gareth Williams The Conquest(s) of Mercia & the unification of England |
2019 |
| 36 |
Michael Wood King Æthelstan and the Making of England |
2018 |
| 35 |
Jon Wilcox Pleasures of the Pulpit: sex and humour in Anglo-Saxon homilies |
2017 |
| 34 |
Catherine Cubitt Reform and renewal of religious life in Anglo-Saxon England |
2016 |
| 33 |
Barbara Yorke Mercia and Wessex c.800: Connections and Comparisons |
2015 |
| 32 |
Jennifer O'Reilly A sealed book: interpreting Scripture in the Anglo-Saxon Church |
2014 |
| 31 |
Leslie Brubaker Brixworth and Byzantium |
2013 |
| 30 |
Faith Wallis Visualising Time and Nature in Anglo-Saxon England |
2012 |
| 29 |
Leslie Webster Wall-paintings to altar cloths: furnishing the Anglo-Saxon Church |
2011 |
| 28 |
Julia Barrow Who served the altar at Brixworth? Clergy in English minsters c.800-c.1100 |
2010 |
| 27 |
Richard Gem Architecture, Liturgy and Romanitas at All Saints' Church, Brixworth |
2009 |
| 26 |
David N. Parsons The pre-Viking place-names of Northamptonshire |
2008 |
| 25 |
Ian N. Wood The Priest, the Temple and the Moon in the Eighth Century |
2007 |
| 24 |
Elaine Treharne Gluttons for Punishment? The Drunk and Disorderly in Anglo-Saxon Homilies |
2006 |
| 23 |
Susan Rankin Music to adorn the liturgy of the Anglo-Saxon Church |
2005 |
| 22 |
Mark Blackburn Coinage and the Economy of Anglo-Saxon England |
2004 |
| 21 |
Patrick Wormald 'Corruption’, ‘Decline’, and the ‘Real World’ of the Early English Church: aristocrats as abbots |
2003 |
| 20 |
Nicholas Brooks Church, State, and Access to Resources in Early Anglo-Saxon England |
2002 |
| 19 |
Michelle Brown Methods of Making: Techniques and Perceptions in the Production of Manuscripts in Anglo-Saxon England |
2001 |
| 18 |
David Parsons Chapels and Chantries in Medieval Northamptonshire |
2000 |
| 17 |
Jane Hawkes Sculpture on the Mercian Fringe: the Anglo-Saxon crosses at Sandbach, Cheshire |
1999 |
| 16 |
Neil Christie On Bells and Belltowers: an evolution from late antiquity to the middle ages |
1998 |
| 15 |
David Dumville St Augustine, St Gregory and the origins of English Christianity |
1997 |
| 14 |
Michael Swanton Opening the Franks Casket |
1996 |
| 13 |
John Blair Continuity and Diversity: Minster churches and territorial organisation in Anglo-Saxon England |
1995 |
| 12 |
Eric Fernie The Saxon-Norman Overlap in Architecture |
1994 |
| 11 |
Simon Keynes The Councils of Clovesho |
1993 |
| 10 |
Henry Loyn The Church and the Law in early Anglo-Saxon England |
1992 |
| 9 |
Alan Thacker The Making of a Saint some pre-Viking cults in the East Midlands |
1991 |
| 8 |
Rosamond McKitterick Anglo-Saxon Missionaries in Germany: personal connections and local influences |
1990 |
| 7 |
Richard K. Morris Rooms around the church |
1989 |
| 6 |
Richard Bailey The Meaning of Mercian Sculpture |
1988 |
| 5 |
David Rollason Two Anglo-Saxon Rituals: the dedication of a church and the judicial ordeal |
1987 |
| 4 |
Martin Biddle Egypt and Brixworth: and Anglo-Saxon journey in 1847 |
1986 |
| 3 |
Rosemary Cramp Anglo-Saxon sculpture in and around Northamptonshire |
1985 |
| 2 |
Geoffrey H. Martin Some Dedications and Guilds of All Saints |
1984 |
| 1 |
Harold Taylor All Saints' Church, Brixworth: how the church took its present shape |
1983 |