850 Years of Paisley Abbey

Celebrating 850 Years of Paisley Abbey

Saturday 7 September 2013

In Paisley Abbey

Plans are being made for a conference to be held on Saturday, 7^th of September, 2013, to celebrate the history of Paisley Abbey since its foundation in 1163.
It is expected that the morning session will concentrate on the period up to the seventeenth century and the afternoon session from the eighteenth century.
The morning session will include subjects such as the medieval cult of St Mirin, the early Abbots in Paisley, the Abbey estates and the use of their resources, and the archaeology and architecture of the Place of Paisley.
The afternoon papers will concentrate on the Abbey’s place in the wider Scottish context and on its interaction with the growing town of Paisley.

Paisley Abbey 850 Conference 2013 Leaflet & Application Form

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ABBEY 850 CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME

Gilbert Márkus

Paisley, the Stewarts, and the Use of Saints

Professor Richard Oram

The Abbey, its Estate and the Changing Face of the Land

Alan Steel

Patrons, Troublemakers and Angry Abbots

Tom Addyman

The Archaeology of the Cloister and Place of Paisley –
a new investigation and analysis

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Professor Charles McKean

The Modernising of Paisley 1750 – 1820 – the use of the Abbey lands and the formation of the new town

David Roberts

Fighting the Good Fight: The Life and Times of the Reverend Patrick Brewster”- charismatic People’s Champion or bigoted self-important windbag?

Rev Tom Davidson Kelly

An Edwardian Scots Medieval Architect – Macgregor Chalmers and the 20h Century Choir Restoration