The Historical Association: Hidden Kingdoms: Exploring South-West Britain in the post-Roman Period

This lecture explores how landscape and society across South-West England changed in the three centuries after Britain ceased to be part of the Roman Empire. It considers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, and looks at the survival of a substantial Romano-British population alongside continuing links between the social elite and the Mediterranean world.

The talk also examines the idea that the region was not a single, homogenous culture, but one with subtle and distinct variations in social structure that can still be seen today in the landscape and place-names of the area. It is presented by Professor Stephen Rippon of the University of Exeter at Queen's College, Taunton, with booking on the door and refreshments available.