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Professor Nathan MacDonald with the first Bible map in the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge

First ‘Bible map’ still influences how we think about borders

29 Nov 2025

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round – showing the...

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #5

02 Nov 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast-approaching (3 November), we introduce five PhD candidates who are already making waves at Cambridge.

The bodies of two Protestants, Martin Bucer and Peter Phagius, are burnt in Cambridge's market place, 1557

The Reformation is remembered

27 Oct 2017

The Reformation is famously traced to an event that took place in Germany 500 years ago and reverberated across Europe. An online exhibition paints a...

Holbein’s satirical depictions of authority figures, such as the King in the Dance Of Death (left), are a far cry from later work such as his iconic portrait of Henry VIII (right).

Holbein’s Dance Of Death - the 16th century Charlie Hebdo

02 Nov 2016

He is best remembered for the magnificent portraits he produced as the court painter of Henry VIII; but a new study of Hans Holbein’s famous ‘Dance Of...

Reformation ‘recycling’ may have saved rare painting from destruction

27 Nov 2015

A rare medieval painting depicting Judas’ betrayal of Christ may have survived destruction at the hands of 16th century iconoclasts after being...

Reformation

First ‘Bible map’ still influences how we think about borders

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #5

The Reformation is remembered

Holbein’s Dance Of Death - the 16th century Charlie Hebdo

Reformation ‘recycling’ may have saved rare painting from destruction

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