Bowdoin Senior Examines 505 Year Old Reformation Pamphlet
March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Bowdoin College student Frances Trafton is conducting an honors research project on a 1521 Reformation booklet that functioned as a viral media tool to spread anti-Catholic sentiment. Trafton received funding from the Peter J. Grua and Mary G. O'Connell Faculty/Student Research Fund to analyze the 26-page pamphlet titled Passional Christi und Antichristi.
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The document features woodblock prints by artist Lucas Cranach the Elder and text selected by theolo . . .