Decoding the Dark Ages
Janina Ramirez

• Saturday 17 June 2017, 1.00PM to 1.50pm
• Free admission
  Booking required
• K/133, King's Manor, Exhibition Square (map)
• No wheelchair access

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Artefacts that survive from the Early Medieval Period, particularly in the North of England, prove that the term ‘Dark Ages’ is a misnomer. Witnesses of a vibrant and historically important time, objects like the Staffordshire Hoard, Codex Amiatinus and Lindisfarne Gospels attest to creativity, artistry and a culture that revels in riddles. Join author and broadcaster Janina Ramirez as she sheds light on the Dark Ages though art, literature and archaeology.

About the speaker

Dr Janina Ramirez is an academic, writer and broadcaster. She is Course Director for the Undergraduate Certificate and Diploma in History of Art at the University of Oxford, an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the Department for History of Art at the University of York, and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. She has written on The Private Lives of Saints and Julian of Norwich, and presented many documentaries for the BBC, including Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons, Britain’s Millennium of Monasteries, and Chivalry and Betrayal. She also hosts a weekly art history podcast, The Art Detective.

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