September 2, 2015 — The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship launched its own YouTube channel today. The first SOF video is Bonner Miller Cutting’s presentation, “Evermore in Subjection: Wardship in Early Modern England and Its Impact on Edward de Vere,” delivered on September 12, 2014, at the SOF Annual Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.
Cutting summarized her presentation in this conference abstract:
The wardship system that existed in Tudor England has been described as a “squalid system of cold-blooded profiteering off the misfortunes of others.” It is well known among Oxfordians that Edward de Vere became a ward of William Cecil at the death of his father in 1562. Did de Vere’s nine years as Cecil’s ward impact his life favorably or unfavorably? What can be learned from the circumstances of de Vere’s early years as a ward that enabled or motivated him to write?
The new YouTube channel was created by SOF webmaster Jennifer Newton, who prepared the Cutting video for posting. The organization plans to post more material from the Madison conference as it becomes available.
SOF President Tom Regnier said the organization has made arrangements to record the proceedings of this year’s conference in Ashland, Oregon, and intends to make good use of the outreach opportunities provided by the SOF YouTube channel.
Viewers are urged to subscribe to the new channel and to share it on their social media networks. All comments on the site will be moderated.
