Early modern historian, University of Cambridge | Bye Fellow (Downing College) & Senior Member (Newnham College) | Former Munby Fellow, Cam. University Library | PhD on the Bishops' Bible | General book lover
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Harry Spillane
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My review of 'Researching the English Reformation' is out now with Ecclesiology. This wide range of essays is a fitting tribute to the work of W.B. Patterson, edited by Benjamin Guyer and William Engel from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mtxn5azs
A pleasure to talk Tyndale at the 'Big Ideas by the Sea' festival in Scarborough.
The festival is a great initiative and allows for a day of talks and music followed by seaside walks and fish & chips...what more could you want!
www.bigideasbythesea.com
A tremendous range of forthcoming books from @camhistory.bsky.social! Honoured to be in such great company 📚
'Every shop hath Bibles of diverse translations', John Boys noted in the 1610s.
What was the result of so many English Bible translations circulating in early modern England? How did worship function when the Prayer Book used older translations as newer ones circulated?
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For American friends, I am pleased to announce that 'Selling the Word of God' is being distributed by the University of Chicago Press ($40)
Do pre-order your copy from:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Today the Church of England recalls the Northumbrian monk and scholar the Venerable Bede.
Bede was of special interest to sixteenth-century polemicists and antiquarians, particularly Archbishop Matthew Parker. Read on to see why....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Published with Bodleian Publishing following a fellowship with @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Drawing on PhD research at @camhistory.bsky.social @peterhousecam.bsky.social @emodcam.bsky.social
Completed whilst Munby Fellow at @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW:
'Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible' - £25
A study of how the English Bible became a bestseller, charting the innovations, errors, rivalries and bankruptcies behind the 'book of books'
Coming September 2026 tinyurl.com/2p3cdmwp
Harry Spillane
Harry Spillane
Harry Spillane
Harry Spillane
Verrry much looking forward to seeing a copy of this from the Most Excellent @harryspillane.bsky.social
*So* excited to read this. Fascinating research & @harryspillane.bsky.social is a great communicator. I was rapt from the moment he handed out Fry’s Turkish Delight during a lecture (there is a connection to Bibles…).
Harry Spillane
The fascinating commercial history of the Bible’s first English printings.The Bible is the most published text in history, and the story of its publication in the English language is extraordinary. Se...
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW:
'Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible' - £25
A study of how the English Bible became a bestseller, charting the innovations, errors, rivalries and bankruptcies behind the 'book of books'
Coming September 2026 tinyurl.com/2p3cdmwp
