Category Archives: Noble Culture and History of Elites

Digital Humanities and Renaissance Letter-Writing

Posted on January 11, 2022 by briansandberg

Renaissance letter-writing is being re-examined using Digital Humanities tools to explore letterlocking techniques of securing correspondence. The New York Times explains: “To safeguard the most important royal correspondence against snoops and spies in the 16th century, writers employed a complicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Court Studies, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Information Management, Manuscript Studies, Material Culture, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Strategy and International Politics, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Depicting an Early Modern Emperor

Posted on April 8, 2021 by briansandberg

Early modern empires continue to have echoes in the contemporary world. A recent New York Times online feature focuses on Shah Jahan, a seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor who is known today for commissioning the Taj Mahal. The interactive webpage examines a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, History in the Media, Manuscript Studies, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Italian Renaissance Armor Restored to the Louvre

Posted on March 5, 2021 by briansandberg

Two magnificent pieces of Italian Renaissance armor have been restored to the Musée du Louvre in Paris, after being recovered by French police. The prestige armor had originally been donated to the Museée du Louvre by the Rothschild family in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, History in the Media, History of Violence, Material Culture, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Paris History, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Art of Renaissance Warfare

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library (Chicago) will host a virtual conversation with Jonathan Tavares (The Art Institute of Chicago) and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) on The Art of Renaissance Warfare, to be held on Zoom. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, History of Science, History of Violence, Italian History, Lectures and Seminars, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Postdoctoral Fellowship on Hérnan Colón

Posted on January 9, 2020 by briansandberg

A postdoctoral fellowship in early modern studies is being offered by the Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Here is the Arnamagnæan Institute’s call for applications: Postdoctoral Position – Hernando Colón’s Book of Books The Arnamagnæan Institute, Department of … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cartographic History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Globalization, History in the Media, History of the Book, Humanities Education, Information Management, Intellectual History, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Operation Night Watch

Posted on August 1, 2019 by briansandberg

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has launched Operation Night Watch, a project to restore Rembrandt van Rijn’s Night Watch in view of museum audiences and live streaming online. The restoration of Night Watch is part of the Rijksmuseum’s Year of Rembrandt … Continue reading →

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New Italian Paleography Website

Posted on July 29, 2019 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library has created a new Italian paleography website and digital resource. This resource will be incredibly useful resource for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers in Renaissance studies. Here is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Court Studies, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History | Leave a comment

Titian Portrait on View

Posted on February 18, 2019 by briansandberg

A Renaissance masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady in White, is currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California.  The portrait by Tiziano Vecelli (known as Titian) is on loan from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Italian History, Material Culture, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Renaissance Art and History, Social History | Leave a comment

Historians Consulting on Historical Films

Posted on February 17, 2019 by briansandberg

Historians often critique historical films through film reviews and newspaper articles that are written after the films are released or when Oscar nominations generate media buzz. Journalists sometimes ask historians to “fact check” and assess the “historical accuracy” of blockbuster … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers in History, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, European History, Historical Film, History in the Media, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, War in Film | Leave a comment

Renaissance History and Franco-Italian Quarrels

Posted on February 8, 2019 by briansandberg

French President Emmanuel Macron has recalled the French Ambassador to Italy, in response to the Italian government’s support of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protest movement in France. Italian Deputy Prime Ministers Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio have both … Continue reading →

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