Dr. Shaffern addresses the German Historical Institute in Rome

Dr. Robert Shaffern addressed the German Historical Institute in Rome on June 9. This institute, founded by the Prussian government in 1888, is the oldest of its kind in Europe. His lecture, entitled “Tetzel and the Mendicant Orders,” was part of an international assembly recalling the 600^th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Also the German ambassador to the Holy See hosted a dinner honoring the conferees. The evening included a concert of late medieval Italian church music.