The school of Alfred
It is widely known that Alfred was a champion of the vernacular and of a literate (noble) population. However is …
It is widely known that Alfred was a champion of the vernacular and of a literate (noble) population. However is …
Mr Basil Brown: quiet, humble, unhurried and the man who found the world. The recent Netflix film tells the amazing …
My first post in quite a while! Due to a combination of house renovation, lockdown, working on my PhD and …
Henry VIII was not the only Tudor prepared to throw contemporary convention aside and marry for love. His younger sister …
Two of Henry VIII’s wives, Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard ended their lives on the executioner’s block as traitors. Another, …
A fresco, a celebration of a man who at the time occupied living memory, ‘the Canonisation of Saint Catherine’ is …
By exploring the attitudes towards myth, presented by the poets Homer and Hesiod, classical ‘scientists’ such as the Milesians …
These small, seemingly humble, items can often be overlooked and taken for granted, but they offer great insight into the …
I wrote this for another medieval blogger a few years back but he has since taken his site down so …
With the exception of saving the soul it appears that religious imagery was more often used during the Renaissance …
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