Europe 1400–1800 (Room 46)
The Europe 1400-1800 gallery charts a period of great social change that radically altered everyday life. From the Italian Renaissance to The Enlightenment, Europe was shaped by the migration of intellectuals, craftsmen and merchants. Trading links with Africa, Asia and the Americas exposed Britain and continental Europe to new ideas and global luxuries.
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The Medici Valencian vase, AD 1465-92
More informationThe Medici Valencian vase, AD 1465-92
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Terracotta bust of Oliver Cromwell by Roubiliac, AD 1759
Terracotta bust of Oliver Cromwell by Roubiliac, AD 1759
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Medal of Mary I, by Jacopo da Trezzo, AD 1554-55
Medal of Mary I, by Jacopo da Trezzo, AD 1554-55
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The Marlborough ice pails, AD 1700
The Marlborough ice pails, AD 1700
The growth of cities created a need for new technologies,
fuelling the industrial revolution, while religious wars and
political revolutions established our fundamental rights and
freedoms. Immigrants fleeing religious persecution from across
Europe, including Jews, Huguenot Protestants and others, enriched
British culture and identity. Exotic objects from royal treasuries,
luxury goods and fashionable accessories, alongside ordinary
tablewares, made of ceramics, glass, gold and silver, and more,
reveal the physical evidence of human experience.
A new feature illustrates the history of early Jewish communities
in England, and aspects of Jewish life and religion in England and
Europe.