Print Exchanges

Queen Mary I of England was associated with pearls from the very earliest moments of her life as a royal princess. In July 1526, John Clerk, Bishop of Bath and Wells, called Mary “the pearl of the world” and “the jewel that his highness esteemed more than anything in earth,” while negotiations were taking place…

It’s been a busy launch year for Print Exchanges. Following our launch Cafe event in March, we held the first Print Exhibits event in June, where six members of the network gave brief presentations about their work. In this post, Alice Leonard, expands a little more on her interest in Early Modern book chests. She…

Welcome to Print Exchanges! We hope that this will become a lively and supportive network of print scholars working in the late medieval and early modern periods. As cofounders, we thought it might be helpful to each say a little about why we think this is a good idea in the hope that you will…