Which medieval subject did C.S. Lewis teach at Cambridge from 1954?

From 1954, C.S. Lewis taught Medieval and Renaissance literature at Cambridge. He became the first holder of the Cambridge Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature.

Lewis moved from Oxford to Cambridge after nearly three decades as a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College. His Cambridge appointment reflected his scholarly specialization in older English literature, including medieval texts and the literature of the Renaissance.

His academic work was not limited to fiction or popular theology. Lewis wrote major studies of literary history, including The Allegory of Love, published in 1936, and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama, published in 1954.

The Cambridge chair is sometimes described loosely as a theology post because Lewis became famous for Christian writing. It was instead a literature position. He continued to write fiction and religious works while carrying out his responsibilities as a literary scholar.