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Ancient British Arch-Druid wearing the Breastplate of Judgement, c1900

The Revenge engaging the Spanish fleet off Flores, 1591 (c1900). Artist: TM Robinson
The Revenge engaging the Spanish fleet off Flores, 1591 (c1900). Cut off from the rest of the English fleet, the Revenge, under the command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-1591)

Band of crusaders armed and mounted, 15th century. From Statutes of Order of Saint Esprit

Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC, (c19th century)
Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC (c19th century). French representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC)

Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1070s). Harold IIs (c1022-1066) Anglo-Saxon troops (left) led by an armoured standard bearer and a warrior with an axe, confront Norman cavalryman armed with lances

Mounted Muscovite warriors, 1556. Cavalry equipped with bows and arrow, swords and quilted armour

English troops waiting to go into action at the Battle of Crecy, August 1346 (c1860). One of the defining battles of the Hundred Years War between England and France

Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. Artist: Joseph Anton Kock
Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. The witches flying through the sky riding goats and broomsticks are holding up the crown which Macbeth covets. Scene from Shakespeares play, first performed c1606

Mousquetaires de la Garde du Roi, Insignia Artist: Eugene Titeux
Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Uniform of the 1st Regiment of Carabiniers, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of the 1st Regiment of Carabiniers, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

King Arthur fighting a giant, 1514. Arthur, under the protection of the Virgin Mary, engages a giant in single combat, watched by the men of two armies. From Chroniques de Bretagne. (Paris, 1514)

The murder of Thomas a Becket, 1170 (1864)
The murder of Thomas a Becket, 1170 (1825). Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162, Becket clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence of the Church from

The Life of St Louis, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th September 1898

The death of Bismarck, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The death of Bismarck, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1898

The entry of the Comte Raymond Roger into Carcassonne, France, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The entry of the Comte Raymond Roger into Carcassonne, France, 1898. Historical reconstruction. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th August 1898

Florence Austral (1894-1968), Australian soprano. Florence Austral (real name Wilson) specialised in Wagnerian roles. Here she is seen in costume for the role of Brunnhilde in Wagners Die Walkure

The Rape of the Sabines (before the signal), c1490. Artist: Domenico Morone
The Rape of the Sabines (before the signal), c1490

Frederick V (1596-1632) the Winter King, 1812. Artist: Robert Dunkarton
Frederick V (1596-1632) the Winter King. Frederick, Elector Palatine (1610-1623) was offered the crown of Bohemia when the kingdoms Protestant Diet deposed the Catholic King Ferdinand II

The Duke of Guise captures Calais from the English, 7 January 1558 (20th century). Calais had been in English hands since 1347

Joan of Arc executed by the English, 30 May 1431 (20th century). Claiming divine inspiration, Joan of Arc persuaded Charles VII to declare himself King of France

Battles of the The Hundred Years War, (20th century). The Battles of Crecy (1346) and Poitiers (1356). From an anti-British brochure titled Who has been the enemy of France through History?

Events of the The Hundred Years War, (20th century). From an anti-British brochure titled Who has been the enemy of France through History?

Battles of Taillebourg and Saintes, France, 21 and 22 July 1242, (20th century). Louis IX of France defeated Henry III at Taillebourg

Francisco Pizarro (c1478-1541), Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro (c1478-1541) Spanish conquistador. Pizarro and his soldiers on the island of Gallo. Pizarro conquered the empire of the Incas in 1532, claiming their lands for the King of Spain

Game of Chess between a Crusader and a Saracen, 13th century. From a Spanish manuscript of a treatise on chess by Alfonso X, the Wise (1221-1284), King of Castile and Leon from 1252

Henry II and Thomas a Becket. Henry (1133-1189) became King of England in 1154. Here he is disputing with Thomas a Becket (1118-1170), Archbishop of Canterbury

Knights Templar before Jerusalem, c1099, (14th century). Two knights approach the open gate to the city. On the battlements are three Saracen warriors

Constellation of Perseus, showing him carrying the head of Medusa, c1820. From Uranias Mirror. (London c1820)

The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. From the Gemaeldegallerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

Les Cuirassiers de Reichshoffen, 6th August 1870, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. French cavalry in action during the Battle of Reichshoffen (Battle of Worth), the first major engagement of the war

The warrior Minamoto No Yoshitsune on horseback, Japanese, 1886. Artist: Utagawa Yoshimori
The warrior Minamoto No Yoshitsune on horseback, Japanese, 1886. From a series titled Famous Warrior Heroes by Utagawa Yoshimori (1830-1885) published in 1886

Ophelia and Laertes (or Ophelia Here is Rosemary ), 1879. Artist: William Gorman Wills
Ophelia and Laertes (or Ophelia Here is Rosemary ), 1879. Scene depicting the two characters from Shakespeares tragedy Hamlet. From a private collection

Peace Comes to Town, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Peace Comes to Town, 1913. A figure of a knight, representing Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon), British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916 carries the figure of Peace on his horse to the London

Celtic bronze shield boss, 2nd century BC
Celtic bronze shield boss found in the River Thames at Wandsworth, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Detail of a Greek bronze of a horseman
Greek bronze of a horseman wearing Corinthian armor from Grumentum, from the British Museums collection

Bronze Helmet and Cuirass, late Geometric period, 8th century BC. Earliest suit of Hoplite armour at Argos Museum, Greece

Tamerlane, Turcic conqueror, 1336-1405 (1493). Artist: Hartmannus Schedel
Tamerlane (also named Tamerlaine/Timur-i-Lang), Turcic conqueror, 1336-1405 (1493). Islamic leader of Turks and Mongols in conquest of Persia and northern India. Defeated Ottomans, 1402

Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia
Peter the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia from 1682. Engraving

Jacob van Heemskerk, Dutch naval officer and explorer, c1595. His search for the Northeast Passage to China, 1595 was unusuccessful. He died at Gibraltar after defeating Spanish fleet. Engraving

Roman tombstone of Gaius Musius, standard-bearer of the 14th legion, erected by his brother

Greek bronze hoplite putting on armour, 5th century BC
Greek bronze hoplite putting on armour, from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 5th century BC

duc d Enghien leading French victory over Spanish, Thirty Years War, (1643) c1880. Battle of Rocroi (Rocroy), 19 May 1643. Late 19th century chromolithograph

Philip Sidney, 16th century English soldier, statesman, poet, and patron of poets, c1840. Sidney (1554-1586) was appointed Governor of Flushing in the Netherlands in 1585

The Battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265, (c1880). Evesham marked the end of the Second Barons War. Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (Edward I) defeated Simon de Montfort (c1208-1265)

Richard I, Coeur de Lion landing at Sandwich, 14 March 1194, (c1880). Artist: William Heysham Overend
Richard I, Coeur de Lion landing at Sandwich in Kent, 14 March 1194, (c1880). Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), was the eldest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

Frederick I, Barbarossa (Redbeard) (c1123-1190), Holy Roman Emperor, 19th century. Frederick, Duke of Swabia, succeeded his uncle Conrad III as Holy Roman Emperor in 1152

Louis XIII of France, 1629. Louis XIII (1601-1643) reigned from 1610. He was the Son of Henri IV and Marie de Medici and the father of Louis XIV. Copperplate equestrian portrait published 1629

Louis XIII of France, 1623 (Reigned from 1610). Louis was the son of Henri IV and Marie de Medici and the father of Louis XIV. Copperplate equestrian portrait

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