Thursday 26 September 2024 at 7.30pm

Scarborough Lecture: Women and Magna Carta

Best-selling non-fiction historical author Sharon Bennett Connolly FRHistS

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Our opening lecture will look at those women who influenced Magna Carta, or lived through it - and those who used it to assert their rights. They include Matilda de Braose, Nicholaa de la Haye, Ela of Salisbury and Isabel d'Aubigny. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the best-selling author of five non-fiction history books including Heroines of the Medieval World; Silk and the Sword: the women of the Norman Conquest; and Ladies of Magna Carta: women of influence in thirteenth century England. 

Our speaker, Sharon Bennett Connolly FRHistS is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and  the  best-selling author of 5 non-fiction history books, including Heroines of the Medieval World, Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest, Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England, and Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey. Her latest book, a biography, King John’s Right-Hand Lady: The Story of Nicholaa de la Haye, was released in May 2023.

The LAHS Scarborough Lecture is named after the late John Scarborough, Local Leicester man, who after joining LAHS at the age of 21 became a life-long member and supporter of the Society for over 45 years. He was particularly interested in the High Medieval Period.

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

Doors open from 7.00pm, with tea and coffee available. The lecture will take place at 7.30pm, at the Rattray Lecture Theatre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester (LE1 7RH)