In 2025, the Yorkist History Trust celebrates its Ruby Anniversary, having been founded in 1985 to ‘further education, learning and research related to the history of late medieval England (and in particular the life and reign of King Richard III) and to disseminate the results of such education, learning, and research‘. Forty years later, we remain committed to these objectives with a busy publication schedule and by providing grants towards relevant research projects and publications. Throughout the year, we will be celebrating both the Trust’s past and its future with a series of events as we look forward to the next forty years and beyond.
Spring 2025
Publication of Loyalty Binds Me: Yorkist Studies for Peter and Carolyn Hammond, edited by Richard Asquith and Christian Steer, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Yorkist History Trust and in tribute to Peter and Carolyn Hammond, former chairman and secretary, who helped to establish the Trust in 1985.
Saturday 29th March
Book launch of Festschrift for Peter and Carolyn Hammond, Loyalty Binds Me: Yorkist Studies for Peter and Carolyn Hammond, York.
Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th May
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo. U.S.A., two sessions on ‘England in the Later Fifteenth Century’.
Thursday 3rd July
50th anniversary celebration of the Institute of Historical Research’s Medieval and Tudor London seminar. Two papers by Claire Martin and Richard Asquith on YHT projects, followed by a party sponsored by the Trust.
Monday 7th – Thursday 10th July
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, four sessions on ‘The Wars of the Roses’.
Monday 18th – Thursday 21st August
Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2025: The Medieval City. Five Yorkist History Trust scholarships available for PGRs and ECRs, in addition to a Trust-sponsored drinks reception.
Thursday 4th – Saturday 6th September
The Fifteenth Century Conference 2025, Durham University. Reception supported by the Yorkist History Trust.
Friday 3rd October
