UPCOMING EVENTS
Basil Brown Memorial Lecture, 11.00am, Saturday 16th May
Sutton Hoo and Byzantium
Guest speaker: Dr. Helen Gittos, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Oxford University
How did the men and women buried at Sutton Hoo acquire so much wealth?
Why were they buried with so many objects from the eastern Mediterranean?
The conventional view is that they probably acquired the gold from their Merovingian neighbours, and that the imported goods came as gifts or through trade. This lecture will explore some alternative explanations which open up a startlingly new view of Anglo-Saxon history.
Tickets available from Eventbrite; Sutton Hoo Society Members £8 (no fee) and Public £10 (no fee)
The Auditorium, THE HOLD, Fore Street, Ipswich IP4 1LN
Southern Ireland Adventure, 27th September to 5th October
An 8 night trip visiting Waterford, the Irish National Heritage Park, Bru na Boinne, Knowth, Newgrange, Avaca Mill, Glendalough Heritage Centre and Dublin, including the National Museum of Ireland, Trinity College and the Book of Kells.
Cost £1,600 per person (£375 single supplement).
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