The White Horse Tavern or White Horse Inn[1] was allegedly the meeting place in Cambridge for English Protestant reformers to discuss Lutheran ideas, from 1521 onwards.[2] According to the historian Geoffrey Elton the group of university dons who met there were nicknamed "Little Germany"[3] in reference to their discussions of Luther. Whilst the pub undoubtedly existed, several scholars have questioned the existence of the White Horse meetings – they are described by John Foxe in his Book of Martyrs, but no other evidence for them exists.[4][5][6][7] Gergely M Juhász writes that "Foxe’s romantic image of these students and scholars convening secretly on a regular basis in the White Horse Inn… is unsubstantiated", and Alec Ryrie refers to it as "the stubborn legend of the White Horse Inn".[4][6]
- ^ L. F. Salzman ed. "Friaries: Austin friars, Cambridge" in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely Vol.2 (London: 1948), 187-290
- ^ J. D. Mackie, The Earlier Tudors, 1485-1558 (OUP, 1991), p. 343.
- ^ Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, England under the Tudors: Third Edition (Routledge, 2005), p. 111.
- ^ a b Alec., Ryrie (2003). The Gospel and Henry VIII : evangelicals in the early English Reformation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521823439. OCLC 57300265.
- ^ David., Daniell (2001) [1994]. William Tyndale : a biography. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300068808. OCLC 794004235.
- ^ a b Juhász, Gergely (2013). Translating Resurrection : the debate between William Tyndale and George Joye in its historical and theological context. Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-9004248946. OCLC 888242509.
- ^ Foxe, John (1589). Actes and monuments (AKA Book of Martyrs). London.