In the anniversary year of the Reformation, much attention was given to Martin Luther. Yet this edited volume focuses instead on Luther's colleague Philip Melanchthon, concentrating particularly on the ways in which Melanchthon has been remembered (or forgotten) in the German world in the five centuries since his death. Over a dozen contributors consider Melanchthon's impact from a wide range of perspectives, including his portrayal in schoolbooks (Martin Jung), in two-dimensional and three-dimensional art (Maria Lucia Weigel and Stefan Rhein), and in German literature (Hans-Rüdiger Schwab). Of particular interest is the careful historiographical analysis in many of the essays, detailing how Melanchthon's theological impact was downplayed in certain eras including both in Nazi Germany and in East Germany during the Cold War, in favour of a greater emphasis on his role as educator. Several of the contributions point out how challenging it has been to make Melanchthon interesting to modern-day audiences. In particular, Melanchthon's studious life and quiet character has made it almost impossible to create any film or television drama based around his character, barring rather static documentaries. Among the most effective contributions are those that dig down into the challenges of making Melanchthon better known, whether in the difficulties of preserving and presenting Melanchthon's house in Wittenberg (Jan Scheunemann) or establishing the Melanchthon birth house in Bretten as a viable centre for the dissemination of knowledge about the German reformer (Peter Bahn). Faculty and graduate students with fluency in written German and a strong interest in the culture of memory and historiography will find much of interest in this volume.