A research blog on the history, literature and culture of early-modern and eighteenth-century religious nonconformity (1500–1800)
The International John Bunyan Society has released the exciting programme of its annual study day at Loughborough University, with plenaries by John Rees and Thomas Corns. HONEST LABOUR: EXPORING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN WORK AND NONCONFORMITY A Regional...
NETWORKS OF DISSENT: THE 9th TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOHN BUNYAN SOCIETY 14-17 AUGUST 2019, Edmonton, Canada Founded at the University of Alberta, the IJBS returns to Edmonton for its 9th Triennial Meeting in 2019. Our...
We’re delighted to let you know that The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan, edited by W. R. Owens and Michael Davies is now out. With 736 pages and 23 illustrations, this is a maginificent achievement, and a...
NETWORKS OF DISSENT: THE 9th TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOHN BUNYAN SOCIETY 14-17 AUGUST 2019, Edmonton, Canada Founded at the University of Alberta, the IJBS returns to Edmonton for its 9th Triennial Meeting in 2019. Our...
The registration is open for: PRISONS AND PRISON WRITING IN EARLY MODERN BRITAIN A Regional Day Conference of the International John Bunyan Society, organized in association with the University of Bedfordshire, Keele University, and Northumbria University Northumbria...
VOICING DISSENT IN THE LONG REFORMATION The 8th Triennial Conference of the International John Bunyan Society Aix-en-Provence (France), 6–9 July 2016 Plenary speakers: Alec Ryrie (Durham), Andrew Spicer (Oxford Brookes), Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge), Helen Wilcox (Bangor). The...
“Representing Dissent in the Long Eighteenth Century” A Regional Day Conference of the International John Bunyan Society organized by W. R. Owens and David Walker in association with the University of Bedfordshire and Northumbria University will take place at...
We can gain a remarkable insight into the use of Bunyan’s works thanks to a copy of the 1692 folio that has just been donated to the Angus Library and Archive, Regent’s Park College, Oxford, by the...
Updated 24 June 2014 Following my July post on the difficulty of finding a nice header for this new website, and after many attempts ranging from photographs of rural chapels to manuscript records, we have finally settled...
By Michael Davies, University of Liverpool The purpose of this edition (currently in preparation, and forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2015) is to provide literary scholars and historians, as well as students and general readers, with...
