Old Library Exhibition: Books and Power in Tudor England

BOOKS AND POWER IN TUDOR ENGLAND:  

The Renaissance Library of Sir Thomas Smith (1513-77)

In addition to being a brilliant Queens’ scholar and controversial Tudor statesman, Sir Thomas Smith was an inveterate doodler in the margins of the books that formed his renowned Renaissance library. This exhibition explores Smith’s surprisingly wide interests and features his carefully inscribed portrayals of rulers, towns, adulterous women and other marginalia, to reveal the essential role played by books in politics and governance in Tudor England. 

Queens' College Old Library exhibition: all welcome!

Open as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2017:
9 Oct—3 Nov on weekdays 1.30-4.30pm (open until 7pm on Thu 2 Nov).

Curator’s Talks take place at 1:30-1:45pm every Wednesday for the next four weeks (Oct 11, 18 & 25, Nov 1).

More information: queensoldlibrary.org/events.