White Horse Inn, Cambridge
(d.1870)
place, inn, 'Little Germany', and birthplace of the Reformation in England
Closed aged unknown
Wikidata WikipediaThe White Horse Tavern or White Horse Inn was allegedly the meeting place in Cambridge for English Protestant reformers to discuss Lutheran ideas, from 1521 onwards. According to the historian Geoffrey Elton the group of university dons who met there were nicknamed "Little Germany" 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. 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".
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Site of the White Horse Inn Known as 'Little Germany' where Cambridge scholars debated the works of Martin Luther in the early sixteenth century a birthplace of the Reformation in England
Site of the White Horse Inn, Kings College, Kings Parade, Cambridge, United Kingdom where it sited