The Beauchamp Chapel: Fit for a Prince
Thursday 3 October
St Mary’s Church
10.30am
The Beauchamp Chapel at St Mary’s, built to house the stunning tomb of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, is renowned for being one of the finest late-medieval chapels in England, if not Europe. An impressed Tudor visitor thought that Richard was ‘entombed right princely’. But how did this magnificent chapel come about? Who were the people responsible for it, and where did their inspiration come from?
Join Tim Clark, Church Historian of St Mary’s, for this opening event of St Mary’s celebration of the 550th anniversary of the consecration of the chapel. Tim draws on new research to consider the chapel’s provenance, and the sentiments and ambition behind it.
The event launches Tim’s new book, The Beauchamp Chapel at St Mary’s Warwick, and there will be an opportunity to visit the chapel with Tim after the talk.
Tickets £10.00
includes refreshments
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