Key facts

Type	Day and Weekend
Location	Oxford
Address	Rewley House 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA
Dates	Fri 22 to Sun 24 Mar 2013
Subject area(s)	Archaeology
Fees	From £120.00
Application status	Course ended
Course code	O12P162AHR
Course contact	If you have any questions about this course, please email ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

The medieval Thames Valley was a long-settled, prosperous and strategically important region of England. Its countryside was organised into productive agricultural units. Markets and towns supported trade, and castles, abbeys, palaces and hunting parks reflected the power of the privileged elite. Archaeologists and historians are increasingly interested in what these places can tell us, individually and in combination in their contemporary landscapes, about how medieval people saw their world. During this weekend, we will be exploring the Thames Valley from the points of view of different medieval communities and individuals. How are the conflicts and outsize personalities of the Anglo-Norman elite reflected in the Domesday and Anarchy geography of the valley? Who were the landlords and the peasants, and how did they work and live together in the countryside? Who were the artisans and the merchants of the medieval Thames Valley, and what can we learn about them today? How are current research projects in the region giving a voice to some of the less well known groups in medieval society?

Programme details

FRIDAY 22 MARCH 2013

6.15pm Registration (for those who have booked meals and or accommodation)

7.00pm Dinner

8.00pm Registration (for those who have booked as non-residential without meals)

8.15- Archaeology and the medieval Thames Valley
9.30pm ANNE DODD

SATURDAY 23 MARCH 2013

8.15am Breakfast (residents only)

9.00am Introduction
ANNE DODD & JULIAN MUNBY

9.15am Bishop Odo of Bayeux and the Norman settlement of the Thames Valley
TREVOR ROWLEY

10.15am ‘Most securely fortified’: Wallingford from the Conquest to the Anarchy
KATHARINE KEATS-ROHAN

11.15am Coffee/tea

11.45am People and places in the hinterland of medieval Oxford: the East Oxford Archaeology Project
JANE HARRISON

12.45pm Break/Lunch

2.00pm Seeing the Anglo-Norman potter: at home and in trade
MAUREEN MELLOR

3.00pm The Cotswolds wool trade
DEREK HURST

4.00pm Tea/coffee

4.30pm Henley and its trade in the late Middle Ages
ROBERT PEBERDY

5.30pm Break

7.00pm Dinner

8.15- The King in the Thames Valley
9.30pm JULIAN MUNBY

SUNDAY 24 MARCH 2013

8.15am Breakfast (residents only)

9.15am ‘By Thames and Windrush’: people and places in the Upper Thames Valley
SIMON TOWNLEY

10.15am Community and identity in medieval South Oxfordshire: the South Oxfordshire Project
STEPHEN MILESON

11.15am Coffee/tea

11.45am Abingdon Abbey as landowner and estate manager
JAMES BOND

12.45pm Lunch and course disperses

Staff

Accommodation

Accommodation for this weekend is at Rewley House for Friday and Saturday nights only.

Depending on availability it may also be possible to extend your stay, please enquire at the time of booking for availability and prices.

All bedrooms are modern, comfortably furnished rooms, all with tea/coffee making facilities, TV, telephone and private bath or shower rooms.

If you wish to book a twin room (£46.00 per person per night), please send in your completed enrolment form or contact the Day & Weekend Events Office, Email: ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk; Telephone: + 44 (0) 1865 270380 / 270368.

Fee options

Programme Fee

Tuition (includes coffee/tea): £120.00

Accommodation

Single B&B Friday & Saturday: £129.00

Catering

Baguette Sat & Sun: £6.50

Lunches & Dinners (Full Meals): £56.00

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