Tag: renaissance
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Three for the Month (November 2020)
Even if it is now mid-November, I have not forgotten about my three monthly books, and I am actually almost done with them: I…
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Astronomical Clocks in Modern History
Let’s admit it: astronomical clocks are probably one of the most charming types of historical monument, and they’ve had their halcyon days during Modern…
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WWW Wednesday: 5 September 2018
The WWW Wednesday meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. It’s a great way to do a weekly…
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Teaser Tuesday (19 Jun)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read…
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Historical Fiction from the Renaissance – The Tudors
I have just finished watching Showtime’s historical series The Tudors (now entirely on Netflix), and I have to say I have mixed feelings about it.…
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Borgia: an exercise in historical fantasy
There’s no way this series can be labelled anything else. Certainly not historical tout-court, for the reasons I will explain below. I don’t normally…
