Christ's College Webinar Series, Dr Harriet Lyon, 17 February 2022

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Description:	'A Well-Worn Tale? Re-thinking the Dissolution of the Monasteries'.


Created:	2022-02-20 22:54
Collection:	Christ's College Alumni Webinars
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	Catherine Twilley
Language:	eng (English)


Abstract:	Most people know the Dissolution of the Monasteries as a story about Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's triumph over monastic corruption, or about the destruction of glorious medieval buildings. But there are many ways to tell this tale. This lecture explores some lesser-known dimensions of the Dissolution and, in doing so, seeks to position the fall of the monasteries as one of the most significant events of the sixteenth century. Harriet is an historian of early modern Britain, with particular interests in the religious and cultural history of the English Reformation and in the field of historical memory. She holds a BA and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and has recently completed a doctorate on ‘The afterlives of the dissolution of the monasteries, 1536-c.1700’. This research reconsiders the significance of Henry VIII’s suppression of 800 religious houses in England and Wales (1536-40) by asking how it was remembered by those who witnessed it and how this memory evolved in subsequent generations. Her next project will explore ideas of nostalgia and historical amnesia in the early modern period.

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Most people know the Dissolution of the Monasteries as a story about Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's triumph over monastic corruption, or about the destruction of glorious medieval buildings. But there are many ways to tell this tale. This lecture explores some lesser-known dimensions of the Dissolution and, in doing so, seeks to position the fall of the monasteries as one of the most significant events of the sixteenth century.

Harriet is an historian of early modern Britain, with particular interests in the religious and cultural history of the English Reformation and in the field of historical memory. She holds a BA and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and has recently completed a doctorate on ‘The afterlives of the dissolution of the monasteries, 1536-c.1700’. This research reconsiders the significance of Henry VIII’s suppression of 800 religious houses in England and Wales (1536-40) by asking how it was remembered by those who witnessed it and how this memory evolved in subsequent generations. Her next project will explore ideas of nostalgia and historical amnesia in the early modern period.

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