Faces of the Reformation

Some time in the second quarter of the seventeenth century the London bookseller Thomas Jenner published an engraving that shows a selection of prominent Protestant Reformers. This image was copied and adapted all over Europe into the nineteenth century. In this article a variety of adaptations of t...

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Published inChurch history and religious culture Vol. 97; no. 3-4; pp. 408 - 451
Main Author Spaans, Joke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands Brill 2017
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Summary:Some time in the second quarter of the seventeenth century the London bookseller Thomas Jenner published an engraving that shows a selection of prominent Protestant Reformers. This image was copied and adapted all over Europe into the nineteenth century. In this article a variety of adaptations of this print are placed on an approximate timeline, and it is argued that they present us with a unique visual record of the way in which the Reformation was reconceptualised in a number of national contexts and in successive periods.
ISSN:1871-241X
1871-2428
1871-241X
DOI:10.1163/18712428-09703003