John Milton 400th Anniversary Celebrations

THE LADY MARGARET LECTURES 2008

This annual series of lectures is named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII and the Founder of Christ's College in 1505. The series for 2008 was devoted to John Milton. Download the poster for the series. Follow links below for podcasts and posters of each lecture.

Wednesday 30 January 2008
Quentin Skinner - John Milton as a Theorist of Liberty
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Wednesday 27 February 2008
Colin Burrow - Milton's Singularity
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Wednesday 7 May 2008
Sharon Achinstein - Milton: Poetry vs. Prose
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Wednesday 29 October 2008
Geoffrey Hill - Milton as Muse
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Wednesday 26 November 2008
Christopher Ricks - Milton and 'the best criticism of any work'
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Lectures were held in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge.

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QUICK LINKS

• Podcasts of our all-day reading of Paradise Lost
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• Lectures by Quentin Skinner, Colin Burrow, Sharon Achinstein, Geoffrey Hill, and Christopher Ricks
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• 'Milton in the Old Library' - online version of our major exhibition
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