Enfilade

From the School of Advanced Study, University of London:

Andrew Foster | The Restoration and Revival of Chichester Cathedral Library, 1670–1735
Lambeth Palace Library, London, 7 May 2024, 5.30pm

For the redoubtable Dr Mary Hobbs (1923–1998), the return of Bishop Henry King’s Library marked the rebirth of Chichester Cathedral Library post 1671; yet close analysis of The Old Catalogue before 1735 reveals other stories of benefactors and books in what was quite a renaissance for cathedral, city, and the surrounding region at the end of the seventeenth century.

In association with the History of Libraries seminar series. All are welcome; those wishing to attend should book a free ticket here.

Andrew Foster was formerly Director of Research at the University of Chichester and is now an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Kent, and a Visiting Researcher with ‘Lincoln Unlocked’, Lincoln College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, an ecclesiastical historian with a special interest in the history of the Church of England c.1540–1700, a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, founding chair of the Public History Committee of the Historical Association, and Literary Director of the Sussex Record Society for 33 years until 2018.