Talk: The Siege of Leicester

In a bloody eight days in May 1645 the Royalist army commanded by King Charles I attacked and brutally sacked Leicester. The siege, compared by contemporaries to the sack of Magdeburg, had a lasting impact on the town, outraged the nation, and contributed significantly to Charles I's downfall and eventual execution. Now, new archaeological evidence from commercial excavations in Leicester is helping us to reappraise what happened. Join archaeologist Mathew Morris, from University of Leicester Archaeological Services, to find out more about this new research and the fascinating, bloody story of the siege of Leicester.