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10 September 2007

Partners both in throne and grave: Mary and Elizabeth- Lessons in Tudor monarchy

A three day conference held at Chawton House, the Elizabethan manor house that once belonged to Jane Austen's brother. This three-day event began with a concert of English and Spanish music of the mid sixteenth century by two acclaimed musicians: soprano Catherine Bott and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny.

21 April 2007

Lutes, Lute-song and the Lure of Opera in Mid 17th-century England

A one-day conference organised in association with the Royal Musical Association and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton

01 September 2006

CMRC conference: Partners both in throne and grave: Mary and Elizabeth

A substantial award was granted by the School of Humanities to contribute towards one of the CMRC's first interdisciplinary conferences, ‘Partners both in throne and grave: Mary and Elizabeth’, held at Chawton House Library in September 2007.