This talk will discuss what new insights the history of objects can offer on the civil wars, giving us glimpses into the human experiences behind historic events in an upside-down world. Drawing on some famous objects and some less well known, the talk will include documents of special interest to genealogists such as the National Covenant, the Protestation, the death warrant of Charles I, petitions and loss accounts, as well as iconic objects such as statues, portraits and the wheelchair of the parliamentarian commander in chief.
Andrew will be drawing on the research in his book, 'The Civil Wars in 100 Objects', published in 2025.
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- Recording available until 20 August 2026 to everyone who books a place.
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About the Speaker
Andrew Hopper
Andrew Hopper is Professor of Local and Social History in Oxford Lifelong Learning and is a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is best known for his two monographs 'Black Tom': Sir Thomas Fairfax and the English Revolution (Manchester University Press, 2007) and Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing Sides in the English Civil Wars(Oxford University Press, 2012). His next monograph Widowhood and Bereavement in the English Civil Wars is currently in press with Oxford University Press. It is based on the AHRC-funded Civil War Petitions Project (2017-2023) for which he was Principal Investigator.: www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk Andrew is also chair of the editorial board of Midland History, a patron of the Naseby Battlefield Project and co-editor of The World Turned Upside Down popular podcast: https://www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/
