Topics in British History
These resources examine various topics of interest in British history, including music, art, agriculture, and other fascinating subjects from Britain in the Middle Ages.
British Painting and Sculpture in the 15th-18th Centuries
Painting and Sculpture in the 15th-18th Centuries
A tour at the Web Gallery of Art provides a century-by-century overview of English artists and their works. Note: Front page includes background music, but it goes away once you click on to deeper pages.
Painting and Sculpture in the 15th-18th Centuries
A tour at the Web Gallery of Art provides a century-by-century overview of English artists and their works. Note: Front page includes background music, but it goes away once you click on to deeper pages.
Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England
The Eyewitness site offers an excerpt from William Harrison's Description of England regarding the punishments for various crimes in England during the reign of Elizabeth I.
The Eyewitness site offers an excerpt from William Harrison's Description of England regarding the punishments for various crimes in England during the reign of Elizabeth I.
ORB: Jews in Medieval England Bibliography
Extensive list of useful resources compiled by Christoph Cluse at the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
Extensive list of useful resources compiled by Christoph Cluse at the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
The Silver Swan: Elizabethan Music's Debt to Italian Humanism
An exploration of the origins and progress of the English Madrigal movement is accompanied by images, sound clips, a bibliography and discography. Nicely done by Hope Greenberg.
An exploration of the origins and progress of the English Madrigal movement is accompanied by images, sound clips, a bibliography and discography. Nicely done by Hope Greenberg.
History of English Agriculture
The combined or common-field system of husbandry practised by the village community or township may be taken as the starting-point of English agriculture.
The combined or common-field system of husbandry practised by the village community or township may be taken as the starting-point of English agriculture.