Doing Memory Medieval Saints and Heroes and Their Afterlives in the Baltic Sea Region (19th–20th Centuries) is a collection of essays that provides a stimulating analysis of how medieval saints and heroes were used throughout the Baltic region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to build regional and national identities and to support state formation. In studying these issues, the volume’s authors focus upon concerns such as how specific medieval figures were remembered, why particular groups and communities in the modern era commemorated these medieval individuals, and how these memories forwarded such groups political and cultural agendas. The articles cover a variety of topics, such as how popular representations of medieval saints and heroes influenced modern ideas regarding community identity, the use of medieval figures or events to shape national histories in newly independent regions, how the commemoration of individuals from the medieval period was used to justify or reject colonial agendas, and how memories of medieval Catholic saints were adapted to support agendas in post-Reformation Lutheran societies. The volume covers developments in Scandinavia, the modern-day Baltic states, northwestern Russia, and northern Germany. Such wide geographical coverage provides the opportunity for comparative analyses of state formation, the impact of colonialism and conquest, and the formation of community identity throughout northern Europe, an area whose scholarship is often not accessible to English speakers. Also, particularly valuable is the detailed historical background provided in each article that establishes context for readers who may not be familiar with this region’s history. Scholars, particularly of memory studies and religious studies, will find this to be a useful collection that expands discussion in these fields to incorporate developments throughout northern Europe.