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England’s Last Medieval Monastery: Syon Abbey 1415-2015, by E. A. Jones (Gracewing, 2015) E.A. Jones, associate professor at the University of Exeter and principal investigator of the Syon at 600 project, has just published a new book that is a … Continue reading →

SPECIAL REPORT: “Syon at 600” Project – Syon Abbey Workshop @ Syon House, 7-9 November, 2014 by Sue Powell Dr Eddie Jones of the University of Exeter was the organiser of this Syon workshop, which took place in the impressive, … Continue reading →

The AHRC-funded Syon at 600 project, run by Eddie Jones (principal investigator) and Vincent Gillespie (co-investigator), has an exciting new website: http://syonat600.exeter.ac.uk The project’s second workshop, Syon in Lisbon, is appropriately based in Portugal and coming up soon: 20-22 April. If you are … Continue reading →

Syon to Agincourt: 1415 and Beyond Saturday, 25 April 2015, Graduate School, University of Hull, UK This Marvell symposium is the third in an integrated series recently organized under the auspices of the Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval and Early … Continue reading →

One of our members, Elizabeth Patton, has a query – if you can help, please email her at epatton@jhu.edu. Elizabeth writes: “I am trying to find information about a “Mistress Daniel from Syon” whose name appears on a list of illegal … Continue reading →

Eddie Jones and Claes Gejrot are happy to announce the CFP for the latest in the series of Birgitta conferences, this time on the topic of “Continuity and Change in the Birgittine Order.” See the online CFP here, also pasted … Continue reading →

Stephanie Morley and Brandon Alakas send on the following CFP for the Canadian Society of Medievalists meeting, May 30-June 1, 2015. Complete details below. Reflections on the Sexcentenary of Syon Abbey: Reading, Devotion and Reform Founded in 1415 by Henry … Continue reading →

Eddie Jones at the University of Exeter is pleased to announce the call of contributors for “Syon Abbey @ Syon House,” a special workshop to be held at Syon Park, 7-9 November 2014.  Please read the full call here: http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/english/research/conferences/workshopatsyonpark/#d.en.411456 And … Continue reading →

Here below is some information from E. A. Jones (University of Exeter) about upcoming events in 2015 in celebration of the 600th anniversary of Syon Abbey. —— Syon at Six Hundred The foundation stone of Syon Abbey was laid at … Continue reading →

At the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo, Michigan, in May 2015, the Syon Abbey Society is happy to be co-sponsoring a panel with the Hagiography Society. Read the description below, and please submit an abstract! Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor … Continue reading →