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CFP - Leeds International Medieval Congress is seeking papers considering 'New Perspectives on the Viking Diaspora' - they welcome papers on Viking Settlements across Euorpe. We would love to see your research connecting the Vikings and Court Studies! bsky.app/profile/courts…

Attention courtiers! Our blog 'The Court Observer' is currently accepting submissions! Open to researchers of any career stage. Interested? Please see courtstudies.org/about/scs-blog… for more information!

Heralds originally integral to organising jousts and tournaments. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds for many years very involved in organising key ceremonies - such as the state funeral of Winston Churchill. No longer involved to the same degree in the hands in organising the latest coronation. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds are important as recorders of royal ceremonies. Here funerals of Anna of Denmark and James VI and I. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds talking part in royal funeral processions. Here at the funeral of Elizabeth I. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds proclaiming new monarchs. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”. Paying his dues to Air Anthony Wagner's work on heralds. Patric Dickinson himself worked on ceremonies since the 1960s.

If you are in Oxford, why not go to the Court Studies Seminar? Today 28 April, Jesus College, Memorial Room, 4:30pm. Rubén González Cuerva (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) will talk about ‘The Court of Tunis: Negotiating Kingship in the Sixteenth-Century Maghreb’

Courtiers can take many forms. On Monday 28 April Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) will talk about “Heralds as Courtiers”. Monday, 28 April 2025 18:00 GMT – Online via Zoom eventbrite.co.uk/e/patric-dicki…

(Continued) Submissions are welcomed from post-graduate & early career researchers who have completed their PhD within the last six years. Deadline for the next essay submission 31 May 2025. Submissions to be sent to Jonathan Spangler, at [email protected]

The Society for Court Studies offers an annual prize. The recipient will receive £500 & their essay will be considered for publication in The Court Historian. The essay, up to 10,000 words incl footnotes, can focus on any area of court studies (Continues)

Philippa Woodcock (SCS): Morosini's fireworks great success. Even if his silverware was nicked by his guests...

Philippa Woodcock (SCS): The 1649 fireworks by Venetian ambassador Morosini used both tp glorify Venice and the Morosini family (linked to the naval battle it celebrated). It was also used in a printed "Burlesque" to criticise Cardinal Mazarin...

Philippa Woodcock. Firework 1649 celebrated a Venetian victory against the Ottomans. Fireworks tricky as entertainment. They could backfire and harm people. They were weather sensitive. They could also bore the audience... "Please, no more burning lions! No more exploding towers"

Philippa Woodcock (Highlands and Islands) – ‘Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649’. The traditional fireworks at the feux de la Saint Jean did not take place, but normality returned with King and court in August.

Phillipa Woodcock (Highlands and Islands) – ‘Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649’. SCS seminar begin in in Paris 1649. ("A much troubled city...") The court not in its normal form.

Want more fireworks in your life? Sign up for next SCS seminar Monday 24 March! Phillipa Woodcock – “Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649” Monday, 24 March 18:00 GMT – Online via Zoom Sign up free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/phillipa-woo…

Paper with fireworks on Monday 24 March! Phillipa Woodcock (University of the Highlands & Islands) – “Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649” Monday, 24 March 18:00 GMT – Online via Zoom Sign up free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/phillipa-woo…..

The Society for Court Studies is passionate about promoting and supporting new researchers in the field of court studies. Thus, it awards biannual bursaries. The spring deadline for applications is 15 March. Make haste! Details: courtstudies.org/awards-bursari…