Tag: Reformation

Satire of the Monks: Exposing False Piety in Interactive Prints during the Protestant Reformation

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Keywords: Protestant propaganda, interactive prints, Reformation, satire, Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, The act of revelation was explored in interactive prints with folding flaps and spinning dials to demonstrate that the Catholic Church was something more sinister than what they externally portrayed. In this way, their outward, physical appearance from their tonsured haircut to their clerical… Continue reading Satire of the Monks: Exposing False Piety in Interactive Prints during the Protestant Reformation

Prophecy of the Reformation: Eyn Wunderliche Weyssagung

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Keywords: Protestant Reformation, prophecies, Hans Sachs, Martin Luther, Andreas Osiander In a distinctly different interpretation on the theme of anthropomorphised wolves in Protestant propaganda to illustrate wolves in sheep clothing is a hand-coloured woodcut of a wolf grasping a sword before Pope Innocent VI (c.1282-132). This different metaphorical symbol for the papacy was designed by… Continue reading Prophecy of the Reformation: Eyn Wunderliche Weyssagung

Dog-Pig Hybrids and the Heretical Teachings of the Jesuits during the Counter Reformation

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Keywords: Jesuits, Peter (or Petrus) Canisius, Martin Eisengrein, Judensau (‘Jewish sow’), dog-pig hybrids, Reformation Updated: 05.10.2022 The act of revelation was explored in Protestant Reformation prints to demonstrate that the Catholic Church were something more sinister than what they externally portrayed. In this way, their outward, physical appearance from their tonsured haircut to their clerical… Continue reading Dog-Pig Hybrids and the Heretical Teachings of the Jesuits during the Counter Reformation

Monstrous Births and their Uses in Sixteenth Century Germany

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Keywords: Monstrous Births, Portent, Omen, German Reformation, Martin Luther, Monster of Cracow Interest grew in monstrous births out of the printing press, where accounts of monstrous births were promptly reported and spread widely (Bates, 2005, p. 15). The prints also had a ready market that had already seen images of wonders such as monstrous races.… Continue reading Monstrous Births and their Uses in Sixteenth Century Germany

Jesuits Portrayed with Dog-Heads in Protestant Polemical Prints

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Keywords: Jesuits, Dominicans, Martin Luther, Reformation, Order of Jesus, Counter-Reformation The Jesuits became an especial target in the Protestant polemical campaign as they became a significant and influential order of the Catholic Church, particularly during the Counter-Reformation period. While artists used various animals to mock the Catholic clergy, the dog and the wolf were popular,… Continue reading Jesuits Portrayed with Dog-Heads in Protestant Polemical Prints