Renaissance Utterances

The Wettin rulers’ journey from margraves to kings was not an easy one. The most serious period of instability occurred in the years prior...

The wire drawing bench in Écouen is the only remaining object of its type. Although many plain wooden goldsmith's benches can be found...

Suleiman the Magnificent I hadn't been to one of the Birkbeck EMPHASIS seminars in ages. Every time I go to one, I leave with my he...

Here, have some kittehs instead This lecture was on relics and the cults of the saints and I was presenting – hence the post on propagan...

This course has piqued my interest in a huge way. After nearly spending the entire weekend – unintentionally – in the Warburg Library read...