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Bond lecture: St George’s Chapel in the turbulent 17th century

Type:Lecture

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1NJ
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The 26th annual Maurice and Shelagh Bond Memorial Lecture, St George’s Chapel in the turbulent 17th century, will be held in the nave of St George's Chapel on Wednesday 4 November 2026. The lecture begins at 7pm and will last approximately one hour. Doors open at 6:30pm.

The speaker will be Clare Jackson, Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Clare is the author of Devil-Land: England Under Siege 1588-1688 (2021), which won the 2022 Wolfson History Prize; her most recent book is The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I (2025). In this year's Bond lecture, Clare will contextualise the significance of St George’s Chapel in the turbulent politics and religion of the seventeenth century.

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Open (4 Nov 2026)
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Wednesday19:00 - 20:00

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