By: Dana Rehn April 17, 2019September 30, 2019 werewolvesfeaturedLeave a Comment

A Brief Historical Background to the Werewolf Myth in Sixteenth-Century Germany

in companion to Dana Rehn’s exhibition talk for Lupercalia ‘The Werewolf in German Renaissance Prints During the Witch Trials,’ Saturday 13 April 2019 The sixteenth century was marked by a period of significant change from the Renaissance, Age of Discovery, and the Reformation that created instability and anxiety. Together with the popularity of prints and…

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Selected Bibliography for Scholarly Research on the Early Modern Werewolf

By: Dana Rehn August 7, 2019October 21, 2019

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Primary Sources: Anonymous, Arrest memorable donné à l’encontre de Gilles Garnier lyonnois pour avoir en forme de loup garou devoré plusieurs enfans…, Lyon: Benoît Rigaud 1574. Anonymous, A True Discourse Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of One Stubbe Peeter, a most wicked sorcerer who in the likenes of a woolfe, committed many murders, continuing…

German Nazi Party Members in South Australia’s Barossa Valley

By: Dana Rehn January 23, 2019September 30, 2019

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I was interested in an article that was trending on Twitter on the history of Nazis and the far-right in Australia. I was intrigued being of German heritage (on my father’s side) of the photo of men dressed surrounding a Nazi flag, which was taken in the Barossa Valley in 1935. My ancestors migrated to…

Exhibition: Luther’s Reformation

By: Dana Rehn October 16, 2017September 30, 2019

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Martin Luther: Prophet, Hero and Saviour Martin Luther referred to himself as Germany’s ‘faithful teacher’ and ‘prophet of the Germans’ and in essence, the light in opposition to the papal darkness. Representations of Luther as a prophet-like figure was reproduced in both art and literature. In a portrait by Hans Baldung Grien (1480-1545), Luther is…