When Virginia Woolf wrote about early women writers, she was unaware of or underestimated a few published Elizabethan women ~books Article 1985 words, published Mar 13 2024 8 votes
Richard Farrant - Ah Alas, You Salt Sea Gods (1500s) ~music classical Video 3:17, published Jun 28 2010 2 votes
Thirty-nine volumes of the Swedish Academy Dictionary stand as Sweden's answer to the Oxford English Dictionary. And it's just been sent to the printers after 140 years. ~humanities.languages Article 382 words 18 votes
Why the Early Modern Period is the most underrated era in European history ~humanities.history Video 16:38 5 votes
A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast: Patrick Gray on Shakespeare ~humanities.history Link 6 votes
Sweden's royal family has taken part in ceremonies marking 500 years since the Scandinavian country emerged as an independent nation ~humanities.history Article 303 words 6 votes
How codebreakers decrypted a trove of long-lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots ~humanities.history Article 1387 words 7 votes
Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots ~tech Article 655 words 7 votes
"Sword breakers" were rare and we don't know much about them. How were they used and what were they really for? Two experienced rapier fencers experiment with one to discover more about them. ~humanities.history Video 10:11 11 votes
The hidden, magnificent history of Chop Suey - Discrimination and mistranslation have long obscured the dish’s true origins ~food history recipes Article 2336 words 5 votes
A Finnish drink with a heroic past – in the 16th century, effervescent sima was more desired than beer and has since become the go-to beverage for ushering in spring ~food history drinks.seasonal Article 1502 words 8 votes
Mercenary black riders and the evolution of cavalry warfare in the 16th century ~humanities.history Video 14:54 4 votes
16th century bookwheels, the e-readers of the Renaissance, get brought to life by 21st century designers ~books libraries Article 522 words 3 votes
A newly digitized map from 1587 offers a rare glimpse at the way Europeans conceived of the Americas before British colonization ~humanities.history Link 14 votes
Michelangelo’s Sistine splendor, story of a Renaissance icon ~arts art.fine Article 1594 words, published Dec 24 2018 4 votes
Only Michelangelo made abdomens – and wonky toes – like these ~arts art.fine Article 600 words, published Nov 15 2018 6 votes
Two intricate calligraphy pages from the sixteenth-century manuscript “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta” have been decoded for the first time ~humanities.history Article 3433 words 12 votes