Images of Martyrdom in an Early Modern Pilgrim’s Narrative
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr Emily Price, examines William Lithgow’s account of torture at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.
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The human body and how to use it: a Jewish copy of a Christian medical work
A hundred more manuscripts from the John Rylands Library’s Hebrew Collection have just been published on the Manchester Digital Collections website.
Exploring the Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism at The University of Manchester
Dr Kerry Pimblott and Mary Booth discuss the recently developed module ‘Race, Migration & Humanitarianism: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism in the Modern World’ for MA History students at The University of Manchester.
Cataloguing Persian Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Jake Benson, Research Associate discusses his work of cataloguing the roughly 1,000 Persian manuscripts that are held in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s collections.
Unexpected treasures from early medieval Spain: the Visigothic manuscripts in the Rylands
Visiting Early Career research Fellow, Dr Ana Dias, explores the Rylands Visigothic Manuscripts.
Richard Goulden Collection: a new and exciting archive in Special Collections
Catherine Smith, Reader Services Assistant, writes: As well as looking after our readers in the Reading Rooms either in personContinue Reading
Four Maps of New Zealand: The General Survey Office and imperial tourism
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr James Watts, explores the map collection of the Manchester Geographical Society (MGS).
The Manchester Guardian and the Manchester Observer
Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire discusses the Manchester Observer, Peterloo Massacre and their importance in the founding of the Manchester Guardian.
Tipped-in Frontispiece Portraits in the Early Modern Sermon
Dr Hannah Yip is a Visiting Early Career Research Fellow for 2020/21. Her project, ‘The Clergy and Artistic Recreation inContinue Reading
Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.