Lynneth Miller Renberg
Historian and author of Women, Dance, and Parish Religion in England, 1300–1640 (Boydell & Brewer, 2022), specializing in performance, dance, and medieval/early modern religious culture.
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Feb 14, 2026 • 44min
Lynneth Miller Renberg, "Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640: Negotiating the Steps of Faith" (Boydell & Brewer, 2022)
Lynneth Miller Renberg, a historian of performance and parish religion, discusses how dance in England shifted from devotional practice to a suspected sinful act between 1300 and 1640. Short, lively takes explore changing sermon rhetoric, gendered accusations against dancing women, links to witchcraft narratives, and surprising parish records that complicate the story.
