TRIVENT LECTURES brings together public lectures, talks, and scholarly presentations by Trivent authors, editors, and invited researchers. Recorded as part of our book launches, academic conferences, and other events, these lectures offer an opportunity to explore the research behind our publications and to hear scholars discuss their work in greater depth.
The series explores subjects in history, philosophy, and ethics, from the medieval and early modern worlds to contemporary questions surrounding science, technology, AI, and their impact on society.
All lectures are freely available to watch.
“The First-Born of Satan”: Demonic Influence and Christian Identity in the Writings of the Church Fathers
Joshua Littell, PhD
5 November 2026
Church Fathers of the mid-second to early third centuries employed concepts of Satan and demons as flexible instruments for constructing Christian identity, which we see across all genres of patristic texts. In this lecture, through analysis of Justin Martyr (apology), Tertullian (polemic), and Clement of Alexandria (philosophical pedagogy), Dr. Joshua Littell demonstrates how supernatural adversaries were used to manage external perception, police internal boundaries, and structure moral formation. This reorientation clarifies how “proto-orthodox” intellectuals forged norms across diverse communities and audiences.
This lecture was held on 5 November 2026 on the occasion of the launch of The Christian and the Supernatural in Late Antiquity, edited by Ryan Denson and Charlotte Spence and published by Trivent Publishing. Selected chapters from The Christian and the Supernatural in Late Antiquity are available in Open Access on the Trivent Publishing website.
Medieval Horse Types: Evidence from 13th- and 14th-Century Military and Household Documents
Dr. Emma Herbert Davies | University of Leeds
2 October 2026
In this lecture, Dr. Emma Herbert Davies (University of Leeds) explores what medieval people meant when they described a horse as a destrier, rouncey, palfrey, or hackney. Drawing on military and household records from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, she examines how medieval horses were identified and classified in a world in which distinctions of type, function, and origin mattered far more than the modern concept of breed. The lecture was held on 2 October 2026 on the occasion of the launch of Backing the Right Horse: Types of Equids in Medieval and Later Europe, edited by John Clark, Anastasija Ropa, Andrew Ó Donnghaile, and Gail Brownrigg.
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