Online course: Early modern palaeography

Upcoming online meetings:
  • May 7, 4:45 pm CEST: German letter from Martin Bucer to Landgrave Philip of Hesse, 1539 (download material)
  • April 30, 4:45 pm CEST: German testament by Anna Katharina von Bredow from Lower Lusatia, 1668
  • April 23, 4:45 pm CEST: Latin letter from Anthony Cook to Peter Vermigli, 1559
  • April 16, 4:45 pm CEST: Latin letter from Anthony Cook to Peter Vermigli, 1559
  • April 2, 4:45 pm CEST: Latin letter from Anthony Cook to Peter Vermigli, 1559 (download material)
  • March 26, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: English letter from Edward VI to Edmund Bonner, 1549
  • March 19, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: English letter from Edward VI to Edmund Bonner, 1549 (download material)
  • March 12, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: German letter from Margaret Kuffner to Philip Melanchthon’s son, 1544
  • March 5, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: German letter from Margaret Kuffner to Philip Melanchthon’s son, 1544 (download material)
  • Feb. 19, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: Latin letter from bishop Matthew of Jagow to the Pope, 1534 (download material)
  • Feb. 12, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: English letter from Richard Layton to Thomas Cromwell
  • Feb. 5, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: English letter from Richard Layton to Thomas Cromwell concerning the dissolution of the monasteries, 1535 (download material)
  • Jan. 29, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: German manuscript from Martin Luther
  • Jan. 22, 2025, 4:45 pm CET: German manuscript from Martin Luther
  • Jan. 8, 2025: 4:45 pm CET: German manuscript from Martin Luther
  • Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 pm CET: German manuscript from Martin Luther (download material)
  • Nov. 27, 2024, 4:45 pm CET: German manuscript from Paul Gerhardt
  • Nov. 20, 2024, 4:45 pm CET: English letters from John Jewel (download material)
  • Oct. 23, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: German letter from the hymn writer Paul Gerhardt to the Berlin city council, 1657
  • Oct. 16, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: German letter from the hymn writer Paul Gerhardt to the Berlin city council, 1657
  • Oct. 9, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: German letter from the hymn writer Paul Gerhardt to the Berlin city council, 1657 (download material)
  • Oct. 2, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: German letter from Johanna Elenora Petersen to Philipp Jakob Spener
  • Sept. 25, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: German letter from Johanna Elenora Petersen to Philipp Jakob Spener (download material)
  • Sept. 18, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: Latin concept of sermon of Petrus Rauch
  • Sept. 11, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: Latin concept of sermon of Petrus Rauch, a German cleric loyal to the Papal church, preached in the early 1530s (download material)
  • Sept. 4, 2024, 4:45 pm CEST: English account on the massacre on St. Bartholomew’s day in France, 1572 (download material)
  • July 3, 2024, 4 pm CEST: German manuscript from Johannes Oekolampad (download material)
  • June 19, 2024, 4 pm CEST: German manuscript from Heinrich Bullinger (download material)
  • June 5, 2024, 4 pm CEST: Latin manuscript, Augsburg Confession, copy from the archive of the landgrave of Hesse (download material)
  • May 22, 2024, 4 pm CEST: English manuscript from Thomas Cranmer (download material)
  • May 1, 2024, 4 pm CEST: German manuscript from Johannes Bugenhagen (download material)
In order to help graduate students improve their skills in working with manuscript sources, the Wittenberg Center for Reformation Studies offers a weekly online meeting of about one hour. The course is open to anyone studying the history of the Reformation. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr. Andreas Stegmann (stegmann@wittenbergcenter.de).

Material for working with early modern sources