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The Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356 CE was the second great battle of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE) after Crécy (1346 CE) and, once again, it was the English who won. Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376 CE), son of Edward III...

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance marks the first multidisciplinary exhibition in Italy to examine the profound impact of Italian Renaissance art on the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which flourished in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (c. 1840-1920...

From the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, the critically-acclaimed book The Thefts of the Mona Lisa provides the complete story of this work of art, as written by a bestselling, Pulitzer finalist author Noah Charney. Leonardo...

Fontevraud Abbey in the Pays de la Loire region of France was founded in 1101 by Robert D'Arbrissel. This area of France was then controlled by the English Crown. Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. c. 1122-1204) retired to the abbey in 1200, and she...

Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506) led four transatlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504 under the patronage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. His goal was to find a westward maritime route to Asia’s trade centers...

This map reflects Christopher Columbus’s (c. 1451-1506) geographical assumptions prior to his first Atlantic voyage in 1492, undertaken during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon (reign 1479-1516) and Isabella I of Castile...

This map illustrates the four voyages of Christopher Columbus between 1492 and 1504, commissioned by Queen Isabella I of Castile (reign 1474–1504) and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (reign 1479–1516). Overlaid on the prevailing winds and currents...

Battle between Love and Chastity, a painting for Isabella d’Este (1474-1539 CE) by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino (c. 1450-1523 CE). Created 1503-5 CE. (Louvre, Paris)

A 15th century CE manuscript illustration depicting the arrest in 1327 CE of king Edward II of England (r. 1307-1327 CE) by his wife Isabella of France (b. c. 1289 CE). (National Library of France, Paris)

Juana of Austria with a Young Girl, painting by Sofonisba Anguissola, Italy, c.1561. Juana of Austria (1535–1573), daughter of Emperor Charles V, married Prince Juan of Portugal and later served as the regent of Spain whislt her brother...