A conference to mark the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of the monastic Order of Cluny in Burgundy.  Leading historians and archaeologists will present papers on various aspects of monastic life around the abbeys of Paisley and Crossraguel and consider French influences in Scotland from the 12th to 16th centuries.

Saturday 15th May, 2010

Paisley Town Hall

Paisley Town Hall

09:15  Registration opens, refreshments, view displays

10:00  Chair: Dr Barbara Crawford
President, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

10:15  Dr Anthony Freeman (Lewes Priory Trust)
The Federation of Cluniac Sites, Cluny Abbey and the Order in Britain

10:40  Dr Matthew Hammond (Edinburgh University)
The first 100 years of Paisley Abbey’s patrons

11:25      Break for refreshments, view displays

11:50   Adrian Cox (Historic Scotland)
Archaeological finds at Crossraguel Abbey

12:15   Prof. Stephen Driscoll & Bob Will (Glasgow University)
Paisley Abbey: recent archaeological excavations

13:00    Lunch, view displays

14:00   Prof. Richard Fawcett (St Andrews University)
Architecture of Paisley and Crossraguel Abbeys

14:45    Peter Yeoman (Historic Scotland)
Pilgrimage, especially Paisley to Whithorn

15:30    Prof. Charles McKean (Dundee University)
Scotland as a French Colony in the 16th century

16:15     Discussion

16:45     Close

The conference is organised by Maybole Historical Society
and sponsored by Historic Scotland.

Conference tickets: £25 (Students £12 – see below*)
(includes refreshments and light lunch)

Contact: James Brown,  7 Southpark Road, Ayr, KA7 2TL

Tel: 01292 610  790 baltersan.castle@btinternet.com

Cheques payable to: Cluny 2010 Scotland

*Full-time student concession requires presentation of valid matriculation card on the day of the conference. Please pre-book tickets for catering purposes.

BOOKINGS MUST CLOSE ON THURSDAY, 13th MAY.

Historic Scotland Technical Conservation Group will present the digital socumentation of Rosslyn Chapel and other similar projects.

Tony Grace of UWS Ayr will display information on the Great Drain of Paisley Abbey.

Information will be available on Project Gunzo and the proposed digital documentation of Crossraguel Abbey by a team from ENSAM of Cluny. The display will include a short film of the digital documentation of the Abbey of Cluny.

Tom Addyman will give a lunchtime presentation on latest archaeological revelations at the Place of Paisley.

Cluny Conference Programme Download as PDF