Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 9th September 2025

Time: 7:30pm

Venue: Newport Minster, St Thomas’ Square, NEWPORT, IW PO30 1BG

Description: Dr Ross's lecture will focus on Henry VI, king of England from 1422-61, and the ways in which his priorities as king diverged sharply from what was expected of medieval monarchs, and how his fitful engagement with government - in an age of personal kingship - was perhaps the worst of all worlds for the realm he ruled. The extent to which this led to the bloody outbreak of the Wars of the Roses will be evaluated.

Price: Associate membership: £10 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £3.

Tel: 07988171708

Email: jacobscme@gmail.com

Website: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAssociationIW

Organiser: All enquiries to Caroline Jacobs

Lecturer: Dr James Ross Reader in Medieval History, University of Winchester

Comments: Finishing at approximately 9.00pm. Doors open at 7.00pm

Region: South-East England

Branch: Isle of Wight