AHOW: 085 Reformation Centenary Broadsheet 1 Oct 2010




A History of the World in 100 Objects show

Summary: Broadsheet depicting the Reformation of the Christian Church. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a broadsheet souvenir, commissioned in Saxony in 1617 to raise morale on the centenary of the Protestant Reformation. With contributions from the satirist Ian Hislop and the historian of religion Karen Armstrong.