William Holman Hunt, The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The Eve of St. Agnes), smaller version of the painting exhibited at the Royal Academy, begun as a sketch, 1847-57, oil on panel, 355 x 252 cm (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) By Dr. Rebecca Jeffrey Easby / 08.09.2015 Associate Professor of[…]
The Ascension of Christ (detail) from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, about 1340, Pacino di Bonaguida. Tempera and gold on parchment, 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (44.4 x 31.8 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 80a, verso. Photo: Nancy Turner What do medieval art and Jackson Pollock have in common? A lot more than you’d[…]
By Dr. N.P. Swartz Director: Unit for Legal Historical Research University of the Free State ABSTRACT Thomas Aquinas’s notion on law, tyranny and resistance served as a limitation on governmental powers. When those who bear the law command things which exceed the competence of such authority, the subject is free to obey or disobey. The[…]
The Norman-built keep at Cardiff Castle. Matthew Dixon/Shutterstock At one point, the Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Bretons and northern English were all “Kymry” – so what changed? By Rebecca Thomas / 10.06.2017 PhD Candidate in Anglo-Saxon and Nordic History University of Cambridge Britain in the early Middle Ages was very different to the country it is now. Rather than[…]
Yurri and Wanjel – the Gemini stars Castor and Pollux in the Wergaia traditions of western Victoria, Australia. Stellarium/John Morieson and Alex Cherney, CC BY-SA Many of the constellations we know in the night sky come from myths of the ancientGreeks. But similar stories are told by the oldest living cultures on Earth, including those of Australia. By Dr. Duane M. Hamacher /[…]
Helen McCrory as Medea. Richard Hubert Smith/National Theatre By Dr. Laura Swift / 07.23.2014 Lecturer in Classical Studies The Open University Often when ancient plays are updated to a modern setting it can feel unsatisfactory. Frequently there are elements that grate or become implausible, and you’re left feeling that the director is trying too hard to make the[…]