Rulers: • Charles I, King of England (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Ireland (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Scotland (1625-1649) • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Felipe IV, King of Portugal (1621-1640) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) • Urbanus…
Month: June 2012
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
(1564–1638) The artist’s works: The Building of the Tower of Babel c.1595 Museo del Prado, Madrid .Garland with the Adoration of the Magi 16th–17th century Museo del Prado, Madrid The Rape of Proserpina 16th–17th century Museo del Prado, Madrid Landscape…
1569
Rulers: • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574) • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Deaths:…
1525
Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Federico II Gonzaga, 5th Marquis of Mantua (1519-1530) • François I, King of France (1515-1547) • Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547) • Henry VIII, Lord of Ireland (1509-1542) Births: • Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-1569)…
T. S. Eliot: Quotations
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) “Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night together.” A Note on War Poetry, st. 3-4 “The heavy burden of the growing soul Perplexes and offends more, day by day; Week…
T. S. Eliot
(1888–1965) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM Works: • Eeldrop and Appleplex (1934) • Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry (1917) • Pascal’s Pensées (1958) • Poems (1920) • Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) • The Waste Land (1922) Quotes: • T.…
Jane Austen: Quotations
Jane Austen (1775-1817) “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” Emma, chapter 9 “My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what…
1230
Rulers: • Fernando III, St., King of Castile (1217-1252) • Fernando III, St., King of León and Galicia (1230-1252) • Louis IX, St., King of France (1226-1270)
1217
Rulers: • Fernando III, St., King of Castile (1217-1252) • Philippe II Auguste, King of France (1180-1223)
1201
Rulers: • John, King of England (1199-1216) • Philippe II Auguste, King of France (1180-1223) Births: • Fernando III de Castilla y León, St. (1201?-1252)