MEDIEVAL SAINTS AND OLD SONGS

Join bestselling author Amy Jeffs for a journey through medieval and early modern England as she shares tales from her two most recent books, Saints and Old Songs. Drawing on medieval saints’ legends (with severed heads that speak and geese that rise from the dead), as well as early modern folk ballads with their themes of witchcraft and fairy, Amy examines a worldview that shared our seasons and our skies but interpreted them in wondrous ways. From the end of Rome to the Protestant Reformation, discover how saints and songs provide a window into our forebears’ imaginations and how, after the cataclysm of religious reformation, they weathered the storms of change.

Introduced by Charlie Cooper.

See Corinium Museum for Amy’s linked workshops and immersive exhibition.