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| The Newberry Library's exhibit Religious Change and Print: 1450-1700 is open through December 27, 2017. |
On November 17, 2017, eight people, including five CARA members, gathered for a guided tour of the Newberry Library's exhibit Religious Change and Print: 1450-1700, which explores how religion and print challenged authority, upended society, and helped make the medieval world modern. Christopher Fletcher, Program Assistant for the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, was a wonderful guide, and offered knowledgeable and lively commentary on the various books, manuscripts, and artwork in the exhibit.
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| A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Germany around 1454. Image courtesy the Newberry Library. |
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| Tour participants gather around a case holding a first edition King James Bible printed in 1611. |
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| Christopher Fletcher points to texts used by early missionaries to the Americas in the "Converted and Reconverted" section of the exhibit. |
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| Christopher Fletcher explains the significance of a map showing a battlefield from the Thirty Years War. |
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| This alphabetical table for children from 1544 highlights how important literacy was for the spread of religious reformation. Image courtesy of the Newberry Library |
