Margaret Aston

Margaret Aston (1932–2014) was a distinguished British historian and academic specializing in the Late Medieval Period and ecclesiastical history, with a particular focus on heretics, iconoclasts, and the English Reformation. Her influential works, including 'England’s Iconoclasts,' transformed the understanding of religious belief changes driven by images and printing in England. She was an independent scholar of the highest calibre, known for combining exact scholarship with wide-ranging ideas.