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Although men still called the shots, women played an active and important role in
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman
Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector
The age of chivalry isn’t dead–the Knights Hospitaller has defended its faith and helped the sick and the poor for more than 1,000 years, discovers Holly Kirkwood
Different ways of dying across the British Isles
The flip side of a fractured relationship