YorkTalks 2021 The remarkable history of Pickering’s parish church paintings

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Dr Kate Giles (Department of Archaeology) delivers 2021 virtual YorkTalk, ‘Revelation, restoration and renewal: the remarkable history of Pickering’s parish church paintings’, in January 2021. • Equal parts drama and detective story, the 600 year-old history of Pickering’s medieval wall paintings of saints and sinners demonstrates the continuing power of a parish church to inspire awe, affection and a sense of place and belonging. For local parishioners and the church’s countless visitors alike these remarkable paintings bring the past vividly to life in the present. • Dr Giles, whose longstanding research relationship with Pickering is a model of York’s civic engagement with the region, peels back the layers of history to reveal the hidden meanings of what many consider an act of Victorian vandalism and explores how sites like Pickering were caught up in national debates about religious tolerance, clerical scandal and public interest in the past. It’s a story that testifies to the vital role that parish churches and academic research can play in connecting and strengthening communities in troubled times. • Find out more about research in Department of Archaeology: https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/re...

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