Renaissance
Arts & Culture
The Queen who defied the Holy Roman Emperor
An Italian-born princess and sole heir to the Sforza dukedom, Queen Bona helps us understand how elite Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power
Arts & Culture
A distant mirror of disruption
A new exhibition of Kerry Stokes’ Renaissance books captures the moment print challenged the handwritten volume
Arts & Culture
The politics of high heels
At the heart of the argument is gender, identity and femininity, stretching all the way back to the Renaissance
Arts & Culture
Research
The painting that changed how we study witch hunts
A 1523 painting of two naked witches conjuring a storm turned out to be a roadmap to Europe's witch hunts
Arts & Culture
Research
The painting that changed how we study witch hunts
A 1523 painting of two naked witches conjuring a storm turned out to be a roadmap to Europe's witch hunts