In this episode, we are honoured to speak with Mary Laven, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College. Mary is widely known for her influential work on the social and religious history of early modern Europe, particularly Italy. Her most recent book, co-authored with Abigail Brundin and Deborah Howard, The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy, was the result of a four-year Synergy Grant, funded by the European Research Council.

Mary currently leads another interdisciplinary project ItalianROSE—'Italian Renaissance Objects and Spaces of Encounter'—which investigates the complex interdependencies underpinning the cultural production of the Italian Renaissance.