Friday 25 April – Sunday 27 April 2025 | Augustine House & Hall, Rhodaus Town, Canterbury, CT1 2YA
The lectures and guided visits showcase recent research on the period of the ‘Tudors & Stuarts’, making it readily accessible to a wide audience. Among the exciting internationally known scholars and well-known, more popular historians who have been invited are Alison Weir, Glenn Richardson, Clare Jackson, Steven Gunn, and Jackie Eales, who will cover topics across the period featuring several Tudor and Stuart monarchs and the problems faced by them and their subjects across a turbulent period in British history.
This is the 10th History Weekend which will offer audiences the opportunity to gain access to recent scholarship from experts and to hear new interpretations, ideas and knowledge across a wide range of early modern history topics. Lectures and guided tours are classified under four themes: ‘Royalty and Nobility; ‘War and Politics’; ‘Art, Literature and Religion’ and ‘Social History’. The Weekend is organised by the CCCU Centre for Kent History and Heritage in conjunction with Canterbury Cathedral Archives & Library, which will provide two tours. Those attending lectures book their chosen events using a pick-and-mix approach.
As before, the organisers’ intention is to raise money for the Ian Coulson Memorial Postgraduate Award fund that continues to support postgraduates studying Kent history and archaeology projects. Once tickets go on sale, they can be purchased for individual talks and at discount for bulk purchases. There will be a special student discount for some events.
The CCCU Bookshop will have its regular bookstall and there will be facilities for authors to sign newly purchased books.
The Franciscan Gardens (near to Eastbridge Hospital at 60 St. Peter’s St, CT1 2BE) is offering ticket-holders for the Tudors and Stuarts weekend a discounted £3 entry to the Franciscan Gardens in Canterbury. Garden tickets are valid all day during the History Weekend, allowing visitors to enjoy this peaceful 1.5-acre heritage garden and 800-year-old historic site at their own pace. Visitors must present a valid Tudors and Stuarts event ticket to qualify for discounted entry. Dogs on leads welcome. Children under 17 visit for free with a paying adult. See the website for opening times
