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Engraved frontispiece of Joannis Clerici Ars critica (1697). Detail. University of Nottingham Coleorton Parish Library, P47.L4
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Putting the “Parish” in Parish Libraries

Tue 10 Nov 2026

Djanogly Theatre

Concession prices available.

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The world of parish churches and parish priests is embedded deeply in the British landscape and imagination.

Alison Milbank, the author of For the Parish, will describe some of the history and distinctiveness of this system, illuminating the social and religious ways of life which thrived in parishes. Alison Milbank is Canon Theologian at Southwell Minster and Emerita Professor of Theology and Literature at the University of Nottingham.

Top image: Engraved frontispiece of Joannis Clerici Ars critica (1697). Detail. University of Nottingham Coleorton Parish Library, P47.L4

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