Anne Askew: Author, Martyr and proto-Feminist
Guest post from Elisa Tersigni, John Rylands Research Institute Digital Humanities Fellow. Elisa recently completed her Phd on the roleContinue Reading
Tag: Reformation
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
Framing Luther: Woodcut Borders in Reformation Pamphlets
As part of our series of posts to accompany the current Reformation exhibition we are pleased to welcome guest bloggerContinue 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
The Reformation – Luther and the lamp
The Reformation exhibition at the John Rylands Library marks 500 years since Luther declared his famous 95 theses (see Renegade,Continue 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
The Reformation – we are open!
It was more than five years ago that we first had the idea for an exhibition to commemorate the 500thContinue Reading