The Bishopric of the Middle Angles: Christianity and Early Medieval Leicester 

The lecture will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 12th December 2024, at the Rattray Lecture Theatre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester (LE1 7RH)

Thomas Vare is an LAHS Member and University of Leicester PhD Student and this talk forms part of his wider research into ‘Kinship and Power in Mercia in the Long Eighth Century’.

In the seventh century, Roman and Irish missionaries converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. At some point during this process, the bishopric of the Middle Angles was established which encompassed Leicester and the East Midlands. The early history of this diocese is obscure. When was the bishopric established? Where was it based? What authority did it have over the region? How did conversion to Christianity impact the East Midlands? Answering even these basic questions is interminably difficult for the early medieval historian and the evidence gathered to begin to address them forms the basis of this talk.

No booking necessary. Entry to the talk is free of charge.

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