Professor Helen Parish

Biography

Dr. Professor Helen Parish is currently working as a Head of Department in the Department of History, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Responsibilities: Undergraduate Teaching I currently teach courses on European History 1450-1600, the Reformation in Europe, and Ritual Myth and Magic in Early Modern Europe. I also contribute to first year teaching in medieval and early modern Europe. Research groups / Centres: Research Statement My main research interests lie in Early Modern relogious and cultural history, particularly the Reformation in England and Europe. After completing a study of clerical marriage in the era of the Reformation, my recent research has focused upon Reformation perceptions of the medieval past, with a particular interest in the lives of the saints and the English Church, and attitudes to miracles and magic in the early modern period. Current projects include a history of clerical celibacy in the west, under contract with Ashgate, and an edition of the selected works of the English Protestant polemicist John Bale. I am also co-editing a volume of essays exploring concepts of authority in the Reformation.

Research Interest

My main research interests lie in Early Modern relogious and cultural history, particularly the Reformation in England and Europe. After completing a study of clerical marriage in the era of the Reformation, my recent research has focused upon Reformation perceptions of the medieval past, with a particular interest in the lives of the saints and the English Church, and attitudes to miracles and magic in the early modern period. Current projects include a history of clerical celibacy in the west, under contract with Ashgate, and an edition of the selected works of the English Protestant polemicist John Bale. I am also co-editing a volume of essays exploring concepts of authority in the Reformation