This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. The Reformation is a time when the intense discussion of medieval (spiritual and physical) well-ness literature takes a new twist; Martin Luther contributes two texts in the early years of …
Author: Anja Peters
Lyndal Roper: My Year with Martin Luther
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. In 2016 I published a biography of Martin Luther which had taken me twelve years to write. I had worked away pretty much on my own, and had not become …
From research to craft: printing Luther’s theses and teaching letterpress
This article was reposted from the Blog The Conveyor in March 2020 at the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. The letterpress workshop housed at the Bodleian Library has long been used for experimentation and practical teaching to academic learners at all levels. It’s …
VESPERS & CANTATA Sunday 19 May 2019, Exeter College
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. This service is based on the service of Vespers (Abendgebet) from the Protestant Church in Saxony, Germany. Vespers forms the framework for the main spiritual offering of this service, Bach’s …
German Protestant Psalm Adaptation c. 1517-1675: A Study in Functional Literature, by John Thomas Long
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. As part of the Reformation 2017 blog’s focus on the three topics Printing – Translating – Singing, a seminal doctoral dissertation on Reformation music has been made open access: the …
“Because you know it’s all about that grace, ‘bout that grace…” – Reenacting Reformation at Oxford University
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Exactly 500 years after the Lutheran Reformation started off in the German city of Wittenberg, the historic event was now commemorated in Oxford. On 31st Oct 2017 Martin Luther, surrounded …
An Edible Exhibition
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Reformation Recipes at Oriel College, Oxford, November 6th 2017hosted by Marjory Szurko I have been hosting Edible Exhibitions at Oriel College over many years – translating and transcribing the recipes …
Chatting with Luther
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. After the successes of the last three years’ competitions jointly organised by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the IMLR, they are joining forces again to launch the fourth writing …
Translating, Printing, Singing – the Reformation in Oxford
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Reformation500 at Oxford would not be the same without the many events kindly sponsored by the German Embassy. If you take a look at our events page, you will see …
Martin Luther: ein Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen – An Open Letter on Translating (1530)
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. The Taylorian is fortunate to hold many Reformation pamphlets, by Martin Luther and others. These pamphlets were acquired from several University Libraries, notably Heidelberg in 1878. One of them, an …