Historical Fiction Research

Recently I got to thinking about town criers in medieval Florence. Now, I realize that this is not exactly the sort of thing that invad...

Dante and Beatrice, 15th century Today I'd like to see what we can figure out about the real woman behind Dante's inspiratio...

Okay, readers, what we have here is an episode in a gigantic online game of Author Tag, called The Next Big Thing.  The idea is, a writer...

Astronomers Studying an Eclipse, by Antoine Caron, 1571 "When I was six years old, the sun went dark." Thus does on...

October - my favorite month.  My son was born in October; my wedding anniversary is in October.  It's the one month of the year when ...

Marriage of Buondelmonte, February 11, 1216 This painting, by Saverio Altamura from about 1858-60, depicts an historic event, one of on...

Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia The Etruscans used many animal figures in their frescoes and sculptures and pottery, which feature creat...