From Coronation to Chari-Vari: The Many Uses of Ritual and Ceremony in the Early
Modern World
A 1-Day Colloquium at Birkbeck, University of London
Thursday 23 September, 6.30 pm, Malet St, Room 416:
Key note address by Prof. Jeroen Duindam (Leiden University), ‘Exhilaration and
Ossification: Ritual and Ceremony in the Early Modern World’
Friday 24 September, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD, Rooms 122 and 124:
09.00
09.30
Registration and refreshments
Panel 1: Early Modern France.
Chair: Anne Byrne. Respondent: Prof. Julian Swann
Dr Glenn Richardson (St Mary’s University College, Twickenham),
‘ “Ritual Informality” at the Court of Francis I of France’
Dr Neil Murphy (University of Winchester), ‘ Royal Grace, Royal Punishment:
The French Royal Entry Ceremony and the Pardoning of Prisoners, c. 1350-
1570’
Prof. Stuart Carroll (University of York) ‘Stone Crosses and Satisfaction’
11.30
12.00
Break
Panel 2: The Ottoman Empire.
Chair: Dr Angela McShane. Respondent: Dr Fred Anscombe
Dr Philip Mansel, ‘Ambassadors and Sultans 1530-1830’
Dr Claire Norton (St Mary’s University College, Twickenham), ‘Ceremony at the Sublime Porte: Ottoman Strategies for Asserting Power and Political
Bargaining’
13.30
14.30
16.00
16.30
Lunch
Panel 3: Authority and Conflict.
Chair: Stephen Brogan. Respondent: Dr Laura Stewart
Denise Murray (University College Cork) ‘The Carrot and the Stick’ – The
Battle for the Soul of the MacUilliam Iochter Lordship of Mayo 1585-1601’
Dr Francois Soyer (University of Southampton), ‘Catholicism Triumphant:
Ritual and Ceremony in the Public Baptisms of Non-Christians in Early
Modern Spain and Portugal’
Closing Remarks: Prof. Jeroen Duindam, Prof. Julian Swann, Dr Fred
Anscombe, Dr Laura Stewart, Dr Angela McShane
Reception