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The young Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck travels to Rome to learn at first hand the sophistications of the new humanist art made famous by Michelangelo and his followers. Follows the development of...
In many aspects Hardwick Hall is a typical, though exceptionally well preserved, Elizabethan house. In other respects it is unique; it is one of the most innovative houses of its date in Europe. The factors...
Granted the monopoly on all trade with the New World by the Catholic monarchs, Seville by the 16th century had established a reputation for legendary wealth as a centre for international trade and...
The University of Salamanca was founded in the 13th century. By the 16th century it was one of the major European universities. In the early part of the century it was a centre of humanist learning. Erasmus...
Part 19 in a 39-part narrated slide show on Western cultural history by Charles G. Bell of St John’s College, New Mexico. The video edition was produced by artists Steina and Woody Vasulka. The video...
Covers: England’s monastic past; the religious orders on the eve of the Reformation; the royal attack; how and why it succeeded; reactions, aftermath and survival. Presented by Professor J J Scarisbrick.
Illustrates the earliest detailed account of the working of the printing press, as published by Christophe Plantin in 1567. Professor Dana W Atchley III narrates from Plantin’s text as experts carry out...
By showing Londoners of various occupations visiting the Globe theatre during Elizabethan times, the film reveals the social life of the age, which is then related to the writings of Sir Thomas More, Richard...
Looks at the factions that struggled to control the Mediterranean in the late 15th and early 16th-centuries. Covers: Venice in crisis - Turks and Portuguese; conflict spreads to the western Mediterranean;...
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