Editing Journey to Leeds - The Friday Talks

==Overview and Issues==

* [[WG137]]

==Abstract==
* The author recounts her experiences whilst attending a DDS event held at the Royal Armouries of Leeds. Three lectures are described: the first was by Professor Catherine Fletcher who talked about Alessandro de’ Medici – the Black Prince of Florence. Alessandro was the son of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino.He provided architectural and artistic patronage, and rebuilt the reputation of the Medici family in the 15th century. The second talk was by Pamela Gordon who outlined her journey from writing shortstories when in her twenties to the discovery of historical fiction and then finding Dorothy Dunnett. The third session was by Karen Watts spoke on 16th-century Tudor tournament culture, around the period of the LC and focused particularly on the Field of the Cloth of Gold. This was followed after the break by a talk on Italian mercenaries or condottieri during the period of the HON books.

==Author==
* Bliss Beeston

==Dunnett Book Citations==
* (None)

==Historical Characters==
* Professor Catherine Fletcher
* Alessandro de’ Medici – the Black Prince of Florence
* Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino
* Pope Clement VII
* Pamela Gordon
* [[Dorothy Dunnett]]
* Harry Somers
* Karen Watts
* Henry VIII
* Betty Cooper
* Sir John Hawkwood

==Fictional Characters==
* [[Nicholas Van Der Pole]]

==Locations==
* [[Royal Armouries Museum,Leeds]]
* [[Florence]] 

==Literature==
* The Devil’s Stain
* The Angel’s Wing
* The Cherub’s Smile

==Illustrations==
* Opposite: Tilting helm (1490) for the Jousts of Peace, by the ‘Master h’, Flanders. The Stowe helm. © Royal Armouries. 


==Historical Events==
* Field of the Cloth of Gold
* Italian mercenaries or Condottieri during the 15th Century.

==Other References==
* (none)

==Quotes from Dunnett==
* (none)


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