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Dr Sally Dormer
As the Director of the Early Mediaeval year course at the V&A, Sally is an expert in mediaeval
art and history and is Dean of US study abroad undergraduate programmes for the University
of the South and Rhodes College. Sally also lectures for the Art Fund and Arts Society.
Durham Cathedral
Durham
From Bede to Bishop Puiset
Abbey of Sainte-Foy
Toulouse
Pilgrims & Heretics
17 September 2021, 3 days from £750 9 March 2022, 5 days from £2,195
Gain an in-depth insight into the historical city
of Durham, discovering the area’s best religious
architecture alongside Dr Sally Dormer. Indulge
in a thorough study of Durham Cathedral, visit
St Paul’s Monastery and enjoy a guided tour of
Durham Castle.
Tour highlights
• Take part in an intimate exploration
of Durham Cathedral, England’s finest
Romanesque building
• Discover Durham Castle on a special
guided visit
• Explore the atmospheric remains of St Pauls
Monastery at Jarrow and Finchale Priory
• Enjoy a private lunch in the Prior’s Hall at
Durham Cathedral
The river valleys of the Garonne, Tarn, Lot and
Aveyron combine the rural charm of thickly
wooded slopes and rocky gorges with rose-pink,
brick-built towns like Toulouse and Albi, as well
as offering the opportunity to rub shoulders with
the ghosts of mediaeval saints, heretics, Inquisitor
bishops, pilgrims en route to Santiago de
Compostela, and some of the finest Romanesque
sculptors and goldsmiths of the Middle Ages.
Tour highlights
• Pay homage to St Thomas Aquinas, the
famed Dominican theologian, who is buried
in the Dominican Jacobin church in Toulouse
• Discover the work of Toulouse Lautrec, the
Post Impressionist painter, in Albi, his home
town
• Enjoy beautiful Romanesque churches
and sculpture situated along the Santiago de
Compostela pilgrimage route
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