The seventeenth century was a time of intense religious conflict and intolerance. Lecturer at the University of Worcester, Professor Darren Oldridge, reveals the importance of anti-Catholicism in this period, and the major part it played in the English Civil War. Participants will have the opportunity to hold and read early printed books that illustrate the prevalence and significance of “anti-popery” from the Gunpowder Plot to the Civil War and beyond. Half-price [...]

Saturday 29 October 2 - 3pm | The Commandery - POSTPONED Unfortunately this talk has been postponed - if you have booked, the team will be in touch soon and a new date will be arranged. Belief in the Devil was almost universal in Stuart England. In this talk Professor Darren Oldridge, lecturer at the University of Worcester, explores the role of evil spirits in seventeenth-century thought, as revealed in the [...]