2000 Summer Conference of the Ecclesiastical History Society (Conference report)

Notes: "The thirty-ninth summer meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society was held at St. David's University College, Lampeter, Wales, from Wednesday, 19 July to Saturday 22 July 2000. Dr. Margaret Ashton, the incoming president of the Society selected the theme 'The Church and the Book' for this year's conference. She suggested that conference participants should consider the place of books within the life of the Christian community" (p. 140). "During the conference there were five major addresses. Dr. Margaret Ashton delivered her presidential address,'Communities of the Page: Lap Books and Lectern Books in reforming experience'. She spoke of the particular importance of small books, the Libellus, booklets, tracts, prayer books, Gospels and psalters for spreading the ideas of reformers such as Lollards. These smaller books were very portable as opposed to the larger books, the folio and lectern such as Bibles which had iconic value as representing God's presence" (p. 140). "In addition there were fifty communications from members of the Society" (p. 141).

Subjects: Ecclesiastical History Society. Summer Meeting (2000 : Lampeter, Wales); Books and reading - Religious aspects - Christianity - History - Congresses; Christian literature - History and criticism - Congresses