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Mandy de Belin
Mandy de Belin is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester, where she completed her MA and PhD studies in the Centre for English Local History, which focused on the connection of the landscape of the East Midlands with the history of hunting and was revised for publication as From the Deer to the Fox: The Hunting Transition and the Landscape 1600-1850 (Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, 2013). Mandy also authored a chapter on the landscape of Naseby for Andrew Hopper and Philip Major (eds), England’s Fortress: New Perspectives on Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax (Abingdon: Ashgate, 2014), pp. 71-94. Mandy also has a strong interest in the history of horsemanship and horse breeding.
Courses
This event will explore the Battle of Naseby, a turning point in British history. We will explore the battlefield itself (accessing locations not open to the public), why it occurred where it did, and how its participants determined Naseby’s outcome.