The Renaissance is best known as an age of artists - Michelangelo, da Vinci, Titian and Holbein - but it is also the age of the noble patrons who challenged the

The Elizabethan court was a vibrant and colourful place, where the inherited traditions and technological skill that had characterised the Middle Ages came face

Treasures of the Royal Armouriesis a photographic journey through Britain's national museum of arms and armour. It reflects the diversity of the Royal Armouries