Fan Mail, Hate Mail and the Historical Jesus in Nineteenth-Century France
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr Rob Priest
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 05 June 2012, 21:00 - 21:30
- đ Venue: Senior Parlour, Gonville & Caius College
Abstract
In 1863, the historian Ernest Renan published a “Life of Jesus” that treated the founder of Christianity as if he were any other human being. This talk will explore the sources for understanding how ordinary people responded to one of the nineteenth century’s bestselling and most controversial non-fiction books.
Series This talk is part of the Caius MCR/SCR research talks series.
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Dr Rob Priest
Tuesday 05 June 2012, 21:00-21:30