Who’s Who This Week: Christine de Pizan
Life for a single mother is tough these days. Think of how tough it must have been for young Christine de Pizan, widowed at 25, faced with the prospect of…
Archive for May, 2007
Young King Henry VIII
This portrait of Henry VIII in early manhood was painted by an unknown artist. It depicts him around the time his father died and he became king, which happened just…
Colossus of Rhodes
A giant statue of the god Helios once stood at Rhodes Harbor, but an earthquake brought it crashing down in 225 B.C. It must have been a magnificent sight. Find…
Who were the Goliards?
They drank. They gambled. They chased women. They got into fights. And when they weren’t having a riotous good time, they wrote poetry and songs. They were the Goliards, young…
Young Catherine of Aragon
Isn’t she lovely? This picture of Catherine of Aragon was painted by Michel Sittow not long after she came to England, at about age 16. Short and a little plump,…
Review: Knights Templar Encyclopedia
It’s good to be the Guide.
In my role as the About.com Guide to Medieval History, I occasionally receive requests to review books related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance….
