Edward Hicks, his peaceable kingdoms and other paintings

This chapter surveys the efforts of James I and his government to consolidate royal authority both within the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and in matters involvi...

This second of two volumes of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (1272–1307) and Edward II (1307–27) was published in 1883. Included here is the Commendatio lamen...

As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Minimalist movement, for his signi...

This chapter talks about how historical writing in Scandinavia began in the early twelfth century, clearly as the result of European influence through the conversion to Christianit...

Abstract Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was born in Vienna of immigrant parents. During his short life, brought to an end by syphilis at the age of 31, he produced an...

Friedrich Froebel, the ‘father of kindergarten’, is one of the most influential educationalists of the 19th century, but relatively little is known about his life, and his successe...

The records of the medieval English courts were compiled into manuscript 'year books', organised by regnal year of the monarch, and further subdivided into the four law terms. The ...