Tutor information
Charlotte Berry
Charlotte qualified as an archivist in 2001 and is a Fellow of the Archives and Records Association, the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London. She has worked extensively with medieval collections at Hereford Cathedral and Magdalen College Oxford. She was recently appointed as the Head of Collection Services at the National Museums of Scotland.
Courses
Would you like to learn how to read medieval handwriting in original documents? This weekend takes you through the basics of the most common scripts, covering the history of handwriting and taking practical examples from popular record types.
A weekend event in Oxford for those keen to undertake research using original historical documents to begin reading the scripts used in England post 1550. We will cover original sources such as property records, wills, accounts and correspondence.