Online lecture at the Bodleian Library: Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims

Following the online webinar Chaucer Here and Now (March 14), the Bodleian Library will present medieval manuscripts from its collection during an online lecture ‘The hooly blisful martir for to seke’. Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims. The meeting will take place on Monday 25 March 2024 at 4.30–5.30pm (GMT). The archivists, Dr Alison Ray (St Peter’s College) and Dr Andrew Dunning (Bodleian Library), “will explore the new iconography that developed after Thomas Becket’s murder, the impact of his death on Oxford’s religious houses and how Canterbury became a significant pilgrimage destination”. Booking information is available at the Bodleian Library events.