Events Tagged: "patronage"

Death of Horace - great lyric poet dies, patron Maecenas dies same year, end of Augustan poetry golden age

Aelfthryth founds Wherwell Abbey - queen mother becomes major monastic patron, possibly as penance for Edward's murder

Aethelred becomes generous monastic patron - grants extensive privileges to Abingdon Abbey, reverses anti-monastic stance

Eleanor of Aquitaine patronizes troubadours - after marrying Henry II, spreads Occitan culture to England and northern France

13-year-old Michelangelo joins Medici household - Lorenzo recognizes genius, treats him as son

St. Genevieve becomes patron of French gendarmes - Pope John XXIII declares her patron of military police