Family and Soul: Memorial, Commemoration and the English Parish Church

Dr John Hunt (Department of History, University of Birmingham)

‘Cult of memory’ and ‘cult of family’ form the basis of this lecture, within the perceived continuum of the temporal and spiritual worlds, mutually supportive of each other. It will be primarily concerned with elites in local society, mainly gentry and knightly families, and how they were remembered and commemorated within the context of English parish churches, particularly but not exclusively in the western midlands.

Chairman : Dr Andrew Gray