Restoration England Online Talk from the Society of Genealogists
Saturday 10 December 2022 a 1 hour talk online from the Society of Genealogists 2pm to 3pm GMT
On Saturday 10 December 2022 Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain, joins Else Churchill for a special talk about the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London, bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II, Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music and Isaac Newton in science.
If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history.
All those booked on the Researching 17th Century Ancestors course automatically receive an invitation to this talk, there is no need to book separately.
This event will be recorded and everyone who books a place will receive a link to watch the recording at a later date.
About the speaker: Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of twelve history books, two volumes of historical documents, four novels, three other books, and numerous articles on the history of England between the tenth and twentieth centuries.
He is best known as the author of the four Time Traveller's Guides - to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain. As well as a historian, he is a qualified archivist and has two doctorates from the University of Exeter. His PhD was on the subject of 'Medical assistance to the dying in provincial southern England, c. 1570-1720'.
Between 1991 and 2003 he worked for a succession of archive and historical research organisations, including Devon Record Office, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and the universities of Exeter and Reading. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He was awarded the Alexander Prize by the Royal Historical Society in 2004 for his work on the social history of medicine.
Saturday 10 December 2022 2pm to 3pm GMT £16
https://societyofgenealogists.arlo.co/w/events/262-restoration-england
