Talker on MSN

17th century coin hidden during WWII sells for over $2 million

The rare 100 ducat gold coin of Ferdinand III of Habsburg, minted in the early 1600s, weighs around the same as a tin of soup ...
Kings and Generals on MSN

17th Century: History’s Most Miserable Era

The 17th century is often seen as one of history’s most turbulent and miserable eras, marked by war, famine, disease, and social upheaval across much of the world. Europe was ravaged by the Thirty ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These 17th-Century Poems Painted Pictures on the Page—and Defied the Church of England’s Rejection of Religious Images

George Herbert’s shaped poetry subtly pushed back against the iconoclasm of the English Reformation V.M. Braganza - Historian, Harvard University George Herbert’s pictures aren’t just decorative. They ...
The Economist

England’s 17th century was a ferment of ideas and revolution

Writing an accessible history of Britain in the turbulent 17th century, as Jonathan Healey sets out to do in “The Blazing World”, is a noble aim. Starting with the seeds of one revolution and ending ...
Artnet

Who Was the Black Figure in This 17th-Century Portrait? A Rare Letter Holds Answers

A 17th-century British portrait featuring an identified Black subject is shedding new light on the lives of enslaved attendants in aristocratic households thanks to the rediscovery of a letter written ...

This 17th Century Greek Escape Was Reimagined With Sensitivity and Soul

Greek interior designer Leda Athanasopoulou brings new life to an abandoned 17th-century home on the remote Greek island ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Recreate a 17th-Century Masterwork, an Entomologist at the National Museum of Natural History Got Creative with Butterflies, Bees and a Bit of Rosemary

The display will be featured in a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art as part of a historic collaboration along the National Mall Jack Tamisiea Collection manager Floyd Shockley used ...
MLive

17th century fort, historic mansion among Michigan landmarks recognized

LANSING, MI — Caretakers of an 1880s mansion and a 17th century fort, both in Berrien County, were recognized for their preservation work this week. The two Southwest Michigan landmarks were among ...
Euro Weekly News

Spain’s most expensive coin returns to auction.

The centén segoviano, Spain’s most valuable historic coin, is returning to auction in Switzerland in a bid to set a new ...