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Next Winter Lecture

Winter Lecture Programme

2025 - 2026

A series of monthly lectures from October to April each year

Monthly visits to sites of archaeological interest

Workshops

Summer Walks

The horse was central to the image of the medieval warrior-aristocrat and changed the face of warfare. What can archaeology tell us about medieval warhorses? This will present some of the results from a research project on warhorses in England between the Saxon and Tudor periods, considering the physical remains of horses, equestrian material culture and horse breeding landscapes, as well as iconographic and documentary evidence, to present a new and more rounded understanding of the warhorse and unpick its complex and ever-evolving interrelationship with medieval society through the centuries.

Oliver Creighton is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter and is an expert on castles, landscapes and warfare in the Middle Ages. He writes, researches and teaches about the archaeology of medieval and historic Britain and Europe.

2nd March 2026

The Medieval Warhorse

The archaeology of a military revolution?

Dr Oliver Creighton, University of Exeter