Livres contre livres — Religion, imprimerie et controverses pendant la Réforme protestante

Exhibition

Installation

Livres contre livres
Religion, imprimerie et controverses pendant la Réforme protestante

Past: October 30 → December 8, 2013

This exhibition is showing historic books from the Old Library collection. In 1517, Martin Luther unleashed an explosive question: whether or how to fundamentally reform the Catholic Church. Unexpected by most, unthinkable to some and unwelcome to many, “reformation” of the Catholic Church was for others like Luther and John Calvin an urgent and obvious necessity: they “protested” their aims very publicly, and very soon they and their supporters were known as Protestants. What started as a “protest for reformation” eventually brought much greater change than anyone could have foreseen in the form of a religious revolution: the Protestant Reformation.

This exhibition of rare books from the Old Library attests to the thousands of books and millions of words that were written and printed arguing the merits of each case.

Curator: Tom Byrne.

  • Opening Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:30 PM → 8 PM
05 Paris 5 Zoom in 05 Paris 5 Zoom out

5, rue des Irlandais

75005 Paris

T. 01 58 52 10 30 — F. 01 58 52 10 99

www.centreculturelirlandais.com

Cardinal Lemoine
Place Monge

Opening hours

Tuesday – Saturday, 2 PM – 6 PM
Late night on Wednesday until 8 PM
Sunday, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Closed Mondays and bank holidays

Admission fee

Free entrance

The artist

  • Tom Byrne