Exploring Power: Saint Cuthbert, Durham Cathedral, and the Prince Bishops

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Organizer Name

Dee Dyas

Organizer Affiliation

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Presider Name

Dee Dyas

Paper Title 1

Power in the Palatinate: The Competing Roles of Saint Cuthbert, the Prince Bishops, and the Prior away from Durham Cathedral

Presenter 1 Name

Christopher Ferguson

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Auckland Castle Trust

Paper Title 2

The Misogyny of Saint Cuthbert? Bishops, Monks, and Women at Durham's Shrine

Presenter 2 Name

Lauren L. Whitnah

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville

Paper Title 3

"A Man of Such Strange Composition": Bishop Richard Neile and the Durham House Group

Presenter 3 Name

Louise Hampson

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Start Date

11-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020

Description

This session explores the interplay of power between Durham cathedral priory, the bishops of Durham and the cult of St Cuthbert. The overlapping chronologies and interests of the cathedral, the cult and the bishops, and the interplay between them in different periods, have shaped the history of the north east of England and provide a fascinating opportunity to explore the tensions and issues which the presence of three such powerful entities create.

Dee Dyas