Eleanor Barnett, PhD student

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #5

02 November 2017

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

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥bodies of  two Protestants, Martin Bucer and Peter Phagius, are burnt in Cambridge's market place, 1557

̽»¨Ö±²¥Reformation is remembered

27 October 2017

̽»¨Ö±²¥Reformation is famously traced to an event that took place in Germany 500 years ago and reverberated across Europe. An paints a vivid portrait of a society undergoing profound change – and this weekend commemorate an episode of corpse burning in Cambridge.

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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 November 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 Death’ suggests that he also had strong anti-establishment views, creating works which foreshadowed modern satire.

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