Orature, Oratory and Getting the Message Heard The most valued aspect of our entire culture in England...
Women at the Piano: A History through Images This lecture explores the emergence of the "femme au piano"...
Elgar and Musical Modernism: Elgar, Proust and Modernity at the fin de siecle The Institute of Musical Research, University of London and Gresham...
Envy of Kings: The Guildhall of London and the Power of the Medieval Corporation The government of the City of London is older than...
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...