Course programme
Friday 8 July 2016
Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Order, Power and Conceit: The Italian Renaissance in England - Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII and Hampton Court and Whitehall Palaces
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Saturday 9 July 2016
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 The French Renaissance in Scotland - Stuart kings and French wives with special reference to Linlithgow and Falkland Palaces
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Shakespeare, the Book of Common Prayer, Gerard and the laguage of plants with special refrence to Kenilworth Castle and the Stratford Birthplace Trust gardens
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 The Prodigy House and Gloriana's Glass with special reference to Hardwick Hall, Theobalds and Burghley House
18:30 Dinner
20:00 An evening of prose, poetry and Tudor garden advice - students are invited to read pieces written between 1485 - 1610 which can then be discussed
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Sunday 10 July 2016
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Who would looke dangerously up at Planets that might safely loke down at Plantes? A walk around Madingley Hall gardens identifying Renaissance plants and their uses
10:30 Coffee
11:00 An overview of remnant, restored and re-created British Renaissance gardens from the ubiquitous knot to Kentwell Hall, Astley and Stirling Castles to Hardwick Hall
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch
The course will disperse after lunch.
