Hannah Reeve
Hannah Reeve's subject area is history. Her PhD project title is 'Maintaining the Parish c.1650-c.1750'. Read more about Hannah's research.
Project description
The parish church and churchyard lay at the heart of 17th- and 18th-century life. But social and religious historians have neglected them. My thesis will transform our understanding of:
- these spaces
- their role in communal life
Using archival sources and the surviving fabric, I will:
- study the maintenance and uses of churches and churchyards in Yorkshire
- reconstruct the experience, how they functioned as places of community, religiosity and social display
- examine how far they provided employment for parish servants and craftspeople
- challenge the picture of England becoming secularized during the period of 1650-1750
Qualifications
- MA in Early Modern History, University of York
- BA (Hons) in History, Newcastle University
Publications
- Reeve, H. Research Note: To What Extent Were Quakers Being Persecuted After 1670? Quaker Studies 2018 (23) 1, 109-120
Contact
Email: h.a.j.reeve@newcastle.ac.uk