tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770010509486842164.post7096759347645335659..comments2023-07-28T03:05:10.205-07:00Comments on South Tower Armouring Guild: Breastplate in the Palace Museum in MaltaSTAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770010509486842164.post-78507391483190631002007-12-20T20:57:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:57:00.000-08:00This is generally considered to be the early renai...This is generally considered to be the early renaissance, the period where conquistadors were opening up South America, the Spanish Inquisition was running full tilt trying to deal with heretical Lutheranism under Isabella's mad direction, and science was exploding all over, expecially in Italy, Spain, Austria and Bohemia. Elizabeth would be cute young thing, worried sick about her older sister's antics, and only a decade later, much more worried about two much more powerful Catholic Queens...Isabella of Spain and Mary, Queen of Scots. Meanwhile, Martin Luther would be stirring up trouble down in the Netherlands, and up through Germany.<BR/><BR/>Ahh...it was an "interesting" time.STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770010509486842164.post-84826218622232843542007-12-20T09:56:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:56:00.000-08:00That is really beautiful. Question: what era was t...That is really beautiful. Question: what era was this from?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910667716636070719noreply@blogger.com