Remembering the Reformation

History talk on the Reformation by Professor Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge), President of the Historical Association

Professor Alexandra Walsham (University of Cambridge), President of the Historical Association

We are delighted to welcome the current President of the Historical Association who is a renowned expert on the Reformation in Britain and the author of a number of prize-winning works of history.

This lecture has a double objective: it explores how the Reformation transformed medieval memorial culture and perceptions of the Christian past, alongside the manner in which the Reformation itself was remembered, forgotten, contested and reinvented by later generations and in subsequent centuries.

‘Essential reading for anyone interested in memory as a constructive and creative, and often deceptive, cultural force.’ –Remembering the Reformation

Peter Marshall, University of Warwick, UK