This film features Dr David Shaw showcasing Canterbury Cathedral’s post-Reformation Library and telling the story of its books and other holdings. For in addition to the early medieval material on the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register, the Cathedral’s great ecclesiastical and civic collections, include materials from the turbulent Tudor and Stuart centuries – from early printed books to stunning royal charters.
Biographical note
Cressida Williams leads the staff team of the Cathedral Archives and Library, which cares for the manuscript and book collection of the Cathedral and other local organisations. Having qualified as an archivist in 1997, she is particularly interested in medieval charters and seals, as well as architectural records.