On Saturday 7th May 2022, 9.30am - 5.30pm, The Soutar Theatre, within the AK Bell Library, will host Christ’s Poor Men: Perth’s Charterhouse of the Vale of Vertu and the History, Archaeology and Culture of the Carthusian Order in Medieval Britain.

There will also be an opportunity to visit the archival exhibition: From Foundations to Echoes in the Records: the Charterhouse and its place. This will be open to attendees in the Sandeman Room from 12.30pm - 2.30pm.

This event will also be open to attendees to access remotely.

Event programme:

9:00 - 9:30: Registration and Refreshments

9:30 - 9:45: Welcome by Richard Oram and Lucy Dean

9:45 - 10:30: What is a Charterhouse? Glyn Coppack on ‘Mount Grace Priory: the Structure and Infrastructure of a Carthusian Charterhouse’

10:30 - 11:30: James I and the Carthusians by Richard Oram, ‘Perth Charterhouse: Beauforts, Stewarts and the Carthusian Connection’ and Nicki Scott, ‘James I’s Religion’

11:30 - 12:30: Carthusian Cultural and Intellectual Legacy by Julian Luxford, ‘Carthusian Monasticism in Britain: Religious and Visual Culture’ and Alice Taylor, "That nane be bot the kingis lawys”: The significance of Perth Charterhouse's book of the laws of the realm of Scotland (NLS Adv. MS 25.5.10)

12:30 - 2:30: Lunch Break and Exhibition Viewing

2:30 - 3:30: Local Connections and Disputes by Vicki Hodgson, ‘Our Lady of Karsgreng hes hopped fra ane grene hillock to ane uther’: the Perth Charterhouse and Coupar Angus Abbey’ and Francesca Breedon, ‘The Importance of Secular Interaction in the Charterhouse’

3:30 - 4:30: The Fall and Memories of the Perth Charterhouse by Douglas W.B. Somerset, ‘The Destruction of the Religious Houses in Perth in May 1559’ and Lucy Dean, ‘Connections and Memories: Domus Vallis Virtutis and the Burgh of Perth’

4:30 - 4:45: Refreshments

4:45 - 5:00: Closing Remarks from Richard Oram and Lucy Dean

Links for the online attendance option will be emailed to those attendees on Wednesday 4th May.

For those attending in-person, tea and coffee are complimentary however lunch will be at your own expense. Details of local eateries will be emailed prior to the conference.

Event subject to change. For all enquiries, please contact r.d.oram@stir.ac.uk.