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Books of Art: 20 Medieval and Renaissance Women Reading

Medievalists.net — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:55:33 +0000

I love to read. I also love books depicted in art. I became fascinated with Medieval and Renaissance pictures of women reading or with books. I noticed while I was walking around the National Gallery, Musèe Cluny and the Louvre recently that there are many beautiful images of women reading or with books. Saints, sinners, and laywomen; I wanted to share a few of my favourites. Here are 20 works of art of women and their books

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Claude, Duke of Guise and the Battle of Marignano, 1515

Medievalists.net — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:44:54 +0000

The Guise brothers, Claude, Antony and Ferry had become separated during the action. Antony frantically searched for his brothers.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Barbarossa – Siege Lord

Medievalists.net — Wed, 28 May 2014 10:46:49 +0000

MOVIE REVIEW: Barbarossa – Siege Lord “I order Milan to be raised to the ground. None of its towers will ever be standing. I also order all the Milanese to leave the city before sunset, in all different directions so that no one will be able to call themselves Milanese and the name “milan” will […]

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Catharism and Heresy in Milan

Medievalists.net — Tue, 13 May 2014 23:02:41 +0000

Evidence suggests that heresy in Lombardy proliferated during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a period of upheaval in the structure and form of politics and society, especially in itscapital city. From 1117 Milan operated as a commune, securing independent jurisdiction at thePeace of Constance (1183).

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BOOKS: The Feuding Families of Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Medievalists.net — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:36:35 +0000

Put down the Godfather, turn off the Sorpanos, and check out the real Italian families of Medieval and Renaissance Italy!

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Francesco Filelfo at the court of Milan (1439-1481)

Medievalists.net — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:47:05 +0000

Milan was the city where Filelfo spent half his life, where he wrote almost all his works and where he left a deep imprint in the development of humanistic culture.

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