John Goodwin on Zechariah 13:3
Lawrence Rabone, PhD student studying seventeenth-century Jewish-Christian relations, shares some findings from his research as John Rylands Library Research Affiliate.Continue Reading
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The Writings of Vavasor Powell in the John Rylands Collection: A Jewish-Christian Encounter
Lawrence Rabone, PhD student studying seventeenth-century Jewish-Christian relations, shares some of his early findings from his research as John RylandsContinue Reading
Sacred Sounds and Radical Printing
In the 1530s, England was in turmoil. After centuries of following the Catholic faith, people were being told that theirContinue Reading
Tyndale Treasures
Renegade, rogue and radical: Martin Luther, King Henry VIII and William Tyndale. Of the three pillars of our Reformation exhibition,Continue Reading
What will we be reading in the year 2367?
Naomi Billingsley, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the John Rylands Research Institute, writes: On 9 December 2017, the Library celebratedContinue Reading
An argument in books: Augustus Toplady versus John Wesley
Long before social media, people could still engage in vitriolic public debates without actually meeting. The rise of the cheapContinue Reading
Protest from beyond the grave
Protests was a key part of the Reformation in England, as we explored in our Thursday Late a couple ofContinue Reading
Protesting in print
Back in the days before mass media, quick communication methods and the internet, one of the key ways to protestContinue Reading
A night to remember
The 31st October is a date which you might notice in the diary – perhaps an evening you mark withContinue Reading
Truth in translation
How do you define truth? In medieval Europe, it was often thought that truth came from ancient texts in LatinContinue Reading