British Library Teaching Medieval Women Teacher CPD Event 4: Medieval Women and Wealth
February 3, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
British Library Medieval Women Teacher CPD Part 4 – Medieval Women and Wealth
Mon 3rd February 2025 5pm-7.30pm
Register for free on Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/BritishLibraryTeachingMedievalWomenCPD4
The last of four free twilight CPD workshops which are aimed at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 teachers and educators who are interested in how we teach and learn about Medieval Women.
This series of CPD supports our Medieval Women school visits programme.
They include free exhibition entry and a guided tour of the British Library’s new exhibition, ‘Medieval Women: In Their Own Words‘ supported by academic historians and teachers from the Teaching Medieval Women group in conjunction with the British Library learning team. Each session will be based around a series of different themes linked to current medieval topics in secondary education. Exhibition visits will take place between 5pm-6pm.
The exhibition highlights the voices and experiences of medieval women, examining the diverse roles and impact of women during this time, searching for what was lost or ‘hidden,’ celebrating their many achievements, and connecting past lives with the issues and experiences of women today.
This fourth session takes us on a curated tour of select individuals, texts and objects in the exhibition to explore the theme of medieval women and wealth. Queens and noblewomen considerable wealth at their disposal in the medieval period, and others were traders and astute businesswomen. Queens often managed large estates almost like modern CEOs. This session will explore how we can investigate and learn more about medieval women and their relationship to wealth through a variety of different records and objects from charters and household accounts to art and architecture.
Speakers include
Dr Natasha Hodgson – Nottingham Trent University
Ellie Woodacre – University of Winchester
Jake Unwin – Girls’ School Day Trust
After a break for refreshments, the second part of the workshop will run from 6.15pm to 7.30pm held in the Learning Centre. It will be an interactive, participatory session with the opportunity to co-create resources with academics and teachers from examples in the exhibition for classroom use.
Register for free on Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/BritishLibraryTeachingMedievalWomenCPD4