Mediaeval Fireplaces

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Triskele Heritage

A look at how the iconography of fireplaces was used to score social and political points during the mediaeval period

<p>We think of open fires as simple and practical areas of buildings – intended to provide heat, light and something to cook food on. However, in the late mediaeval period the carved sculpture of fireplaces offered an opportunity to demonstrate family connections,  sacred messages and political allegiances at a time of growing civil unrest.  Using examples from a variety of castles, houses and religious buildings, this talk builds up to a discussion on the use of fireplaces as a vehicle for showing partisan loyalties during the Wars of the Roses.</p><p>The speaker, James Wright (Triskele Heritage) is an award winning buildings archaeologist. He has two decades professional experience of ferreting around in people’s cellars, hunting through their attics and digging up their gardens. He hopes to find meaningful truths about how ordinary and extraordinary folk lived their lives in the mediaeval period.</p>

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