Showing posts with label 16th Century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 16th Century. Show all posts
Sunday, 22 July 2018

The Story of London in 50 Novels: 9 - "Nothing Like the Sun," by Anthony Burgess

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The golden age of English theatre spanned the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. It was overwhelmingly a London phenomenon (although product...
Saturday, 2 June 2018

The Story of London in 50 Novels: 8 - "The House of Doctor Dee," by Peter Ackroyd

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London during the Sixteenth and early Seventeenth Centuries was a bustling port, with ships arriving on a daily basis from the most dynamic ...
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Friday, 13 April 2018

The Story of London in 50 Novels: 7 - "The Marlowe Papers," by Ros Barber

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It has sometimes been said that England, in contrast to Italy, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, never really had a "Renaissance....
Thursday, 15 March 2018

The Story of London in 50 Novels: 6 - "The Woman in the Shadows," by Carol McGrath

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In the early decades of the Sixteenth Century, London was one of the great trading cities of Europe, a major port city, and a rival to Antwe...
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Friday, 1 December 2017

The Year in Medieval Art: December

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The Medieval approach to "The Festive Season" could hardly have been more different from our own. The festivities, which today cul...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017

The Year in Medieval Art: November

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For the people of the Middle Ages, November was the last month of "ordinary time," in which the affairs of the secular world were ...