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3 giorni fa · The first phase of the Renaissance, which developed in the 1430s and 1440s, was a period of experimentation, characterised by a technical and practical approach in which innovations and advances were taken up by local artists. The first art form to develop this new artistic language was sculpture.
2 giorni fa · First voyage. Little was recorded of Cabot's first voyage. What is known as the "John Day letter", written by John Day, alias Hugh Say, a Bristol merchant originally of London, was sent during the winter of 1497–98 to an addressee believed to be Christopher Columbus.
1 giorno fa · Rome was annexed by Napoleon and was part of the First French Empire from 1798 to 1814. Modern history, the period from the 19th century to the present. Rome came under siege again after the Allied invasion of Italy and was bombed several times. It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943.
The commonly-held view is that Richard, duke of York, himself recently returned to England from his lieutenancy in Ireland, was Somerset's leading critic, and that the events which preceded and occurred during the parliament in effect marked the beginning of the major feud between these two leading peers which escalated further over the early ...
3 giorni fa · Great Pyramid of Giza, ancient Egyptian pyramid that is the largest of the three Pyramids of Giza, located on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River in northern Egypt. It was built by Khufu (Cheops), the second king of Egypt’s 4th dynasty (c. 2543–c. 2436 bce ), and was completed in the early 25th century bce.
5 giorni fa · Ludlow Castle. As the 1450s progressed, Richard’s father the Duke of York fell into opposition to King Henry VI. In 1459, York moved his younger children from Fotheringhay to the more robust Ludlow Castle on the Welsh borders in Shropshire. In the Autumn, York marched an army out of Ludlow only to return quickly, chased by a royal force.
6 giorni fa · The Wars of the Roses might never have happened if not for the tenuous state of English politics in the 1450s. The Wars of the Roses saw the Yorks and Lancasters play musical chairs with the English throne. The Wars reached their climax at 1485’s Battle of Bosworth Field. Tudor Rose - image by Janice Staines. The Tudor Rose.
