Blog
Read the latest blogs about our Reformation exhibition and season.
Sidelines on the Reformation
Rare books Librarian, Karen Attar, discusses some of
the book related context surrounding the English
Reformation.
6 Dec 2017
“To play the man”: Characterising the Protestant Martyr in John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments
Dr Matt Phillpott discusses John Foxe's Acts and
Monuments, a key text in the story of the English
Reformation. Senate House Library's copy of the work
is currently on display as part of the Reformation
season.
13 Nov 2017
Not Just to Admire: Reading the Reformation Today
Many books on the Reformation are currently on display
as part of our latest exhibition season, however, this
is not one of their original purposes. Dr John King
explores Reformation material, looking at how it is
used today alongside how it was originally conceived.
4 Sep 2017
Timothy Bright, John Foxe, and Apocalyptic Annotations
John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and works by Timothy
Bright and John Bale feature in our Reformation
exhibition. In this blog post, Dr Mark Rankin,
Associate Professor of English at James Madison
University, Virginia, discusses an early reader’s
annotations preserved within the Senate House
Library’s copy of Bright’s abridgement of Foxe’s
famous work, with reference to Bale.
14 Aug 2017
Introducing the exhibition: the curator speaks
Dr Karen Attar, curator of the Reformation exhibition,
introduces Senate House Library's upcoming season.
4 May 2017