Giotto, the Seed of Humanism in Art: The Nativity of Jesus in the Scrovegni Chapel
The painter Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337) represents a fundamental break with the artistic tradition of medieval religious art, which was…
E. P. Thompson and “The Making of the English Working Class”
The book The Making of the English Working Class by Edward Palmer Thompson, published in 1963, is a classic of…
The House of Master Bonanat: Popular Education and Social Revolt in 13th-Century Barcelona
The first documented popular revolt in Barcelona took place at the end of the 13th century. It was directed against…