16th century

Art historian Dr Meredith Hale reveals that a 17th-century screen, commissioned by the Viceroy of Mexico for a palace designed to impress visitors...

In 2017 a new £1 coin will appear in our pockets with a design extremely difficult to forge. In the mid-16th century, Elizabeth I’s government came up...

An online exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum explores the narratives contained in eight samplers made by school girls from poor backgrounds in the...

A student photography competition showcases some of the stunning visuals that result from modern Social Anthropology research

The management of childbirth and care of newborns have always been hotly-debated topics. PhD candidate Leah Astbury looks at narratives of...

A knight on horseback in full armour will be the star attraction at an event tomorrow (Wednesday, 29 May) at the Fitzwilliam Museum which boasts one...

Fashion conveys complex messages. The recreation of an outfit taken from one of an extraordinary series of Renaissance portraits reveals how one man...

University of Cambridge linguists have pieced together the curious evolving history of the word 'not' across the languages of Europe. In doing so...

Why did Renaissance shoppers fill their baskets with rosaries, crucifixes, Christ-dolls and devotional paintings? A new study by historian Dr Mary...

In the fourth of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, historian Dr Gabriela Ramos travels to a village high in the Andes to taste...

A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era.

Tracing popular beliefs from medieval to early modern times is highlighting the durability of debates about the dead.