Prof. Alec Ryrie: “The Politics and the Anti-Politics of Protestantism: Five Hundred Years After the Reformation”

Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache Wednesday, 15th November 2017 at 7 pm Nova Vita Residenz Am Folkwang Museum, Goethestraße 19, 45128 Essen What are the political implications of Protestantism? Since the beginning of Luther’s movement this has been an explosive question, and Protestants have been deeply divided by it. One strand of the tradition emphasizes submission and obedience, and celebrates the God-given authority of the prince or the magistrate. This has repeatedly...

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Diana Mitchell: „Highclere Castle: The Real Downton Abbey“

Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache Monday, 9th October 2017 at 7 pm RüKONTOR (5. Etage), Rüttenscheider Str. 144, 45131 Essen Diana is Head Guide at Highclere Castle, seat of the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, one of the finest stately homes in England, and now famous world-wide as “the real Downton Abbey”. From its 14th century origins as a palace of the Lord Chancellor of England, through the 5th Earl’s discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, up to her day to day experience...

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Paula Henderson: „Gardens and Places of Pleasure in Shakespeare’s London“

Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache Wednesday, 6th September 2017 at 7 pm RüKONTOR (5. Etage), Rüttenscheider Str. 144, 45131 Essen William Shakespeare lived in London during the decades before and after the turn of the 17th century, a ‘golden age’ for the city. While London had become overcrowded, increasingly squalid and plague-ridden, it was also the epicentre of wealth, opportunity and fashion. Courtiers and aristocrats, aware of the benefits of royal patronage and the...

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