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Alice Roberton takes a look at variations of the Mary statue,
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
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
Tucked in the Herefordshire countryside at Much Marcle, not far from its border with Gloucestershire, is Hellens Manor. Now presenting as a Tudor/Jacobean home, it predates those eras by some margin;
A pound of flesh NEVER was an ...
During the excavation of Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose, divers discovered the wooden elements of up to eight shields which would originally have been fitted with matchlock guns
In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman
