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Hace 3 días · Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG, (7 July 1585 – 4 October 1646) was an English peer, diplomat and courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of sculptures, books, prints, drawings, and antique jewellery.
Hace 1 día · The House of Tudor (/ ˈ tj uː d ər /) was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois.The Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and the Lordship of Ireland (later the Kingdom of Ireland) for 118 years with five monarchs: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary ...
Hace 4 días · Pages 523-528. Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 19, 1607.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1965.
Hace 4 días · L. Laanstain. See Lahnstein. La Boderie, Antoine le Fèvre de, French Ambassador to England -, endeavours to help Bouillon, 12 -, his certificate attached to Bouillon's petition, 13 -, certifies on behalf of Haraveder, 32 -, answer to proposals conveyed by, 215 -, 223, 233, 282 -, visits and commends "Britain's Burse", 231. Laginnger, Christofer de, Chamberlain to the Duke of Würtemberg ...
Hace 3 días · The ghosts of Mottisfont House are as eccentric as the halls they walk. Medieval monks buried alongside their brothers, the famed artist who predicted his own death in World War II, and the fin-de-siecle landlady who could only be seen in candlelight – the history of England plays out in miniature throughout the Hampshire manor, its walls playing witness to wars, revolutions, and romance.
Hace 4 días · Doña Ana de la Cerda, princesa de Éboli, es sin duda uno de los rostros más conocidos de la España del siglo XVI. Los retratos que se conservan de ella, con el parche que le cubre el ojo derecho y su aire altivo y a la vez seductor, añaden aún más atractivo y misterio a una figura que tuvo un protagonismo de primer orden en uno de los episodios más polémicos del reinado de Felipe II ...
Hace 3 días · Howard Sooley. The first two years of Olivia’s gardening epiphany are recounted in The Garden Against Time, which is a richly layered exploration of the garden as a place of refuge. Spinning out from the diary-like descriptions, she takes us on a fabulous journey through time on her own quest for Eden, which, she concludes, ‘is a dream that ...
