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Poppyland - Wingfield Suffolk's Forgotten Castle launch
This event provides an opportunity to meet local historian, Elaine Murphy, at the launch of her new book: Wingfield Suffolk's Forgotten Castle. Attendees will have an opportunity to purchase the book at the event.
Book description:
Wingfield belongs to a clutch of late fourteenth century castles that must be seen in the context of a society in turmoil. From a time influenced by foreign wars, power struggles at the heart of government and popular revolt, resulting from the longer-term effects of epidemic disease, it does not fit the picture of grand buildings like Framlingham or Orford. Instead it is much more in keeping with the moated manors of the less wealthy found throughout Norfolk and Suffolk. Yet castle it is.
A building known to figures of national importance from the late fourteenth to sixteenth century, Wingfield has drawn a fair amount of attention from medieval and Tudor historians. Its post-medieval use, as a minor residence and farm, has been neglected but is just as important to the story of the building and crucial to our understanding of the surviving remains.
The authors meticulous research gives equal weight to these later centuries, creating for the first time a comprehensive history to shed light on this forgotten Suffolk castle.
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LocationWaveney Heritage Centre (View)
The Old School, Grove Road
Brockdish, Nr. Diss IP21 4JP
United Kingdom
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