Eleventh Century Collection (page 21)

Banquet, 11th century; showing three men being waited on at a table. The central figure and that on the left are tonsured. After an English Psalter

Capture of St Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1012 (mid 19th century). St Alphege was an English prelate who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1006

William I, the Conqueror, King of England, c1067 (19th century). William (1027-1087) receiving the English leaders after the Norman conquest of 1066

Head of a Viking warrior, c9th-11th century
Head of a Viking warrior. From the National Historical Museum, Stockholm

Pope Urban II presiding over the Council of Clermont which launched the First Crusade, 1095 (1522). The First Crusade was sent with the mission of liberating the Holy Land from the occupying Muslim

Godfrey of Bouillon, 11th century French crusader, 15th century. Godfrey (c1060-1100) wearing the symbols of Christs passion in his helmet during the First Crusade

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

Harold II, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, 1066 (1070s). Harold (c1022-1066) and companions feasting. Harolds succession to the throne was disputed by William of Normandy

Edward The Confessor, Anglo-Saxon king of England, 1070s. Edward (c1003-1066), king from 1042, on his throne. After Edwards death

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037), Arab physician and philosopher, 1493. An interpreter of Aristotle to Islam, Avicenna compiled an encyclopaedia of medical knowledge

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

Colchester Castle, 11th century
Colchester Castle, a Norman castle built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius, 11th century

Peter the Hermit presenting Urban II with petition on return from pilgrimage to Holy Land 1094
Peter the Hermit (c.1050-c.1115) French monk, presenting Urban II (Pope 1088-99) with petition on return from pilgrimage to Holy Land 1094. Urban commissioned Peter to preach the First Crusade

King Harold swears allegiance to William of Normandy, c1866. Artist: Daniel Maclise
Harold (1022?-1066), last Anglo-Saxon king of England, swears on hidden relics of saints to be William of Normandys man in England, watched by William, his wife Matilda

Death of Edward the Confessor, 1042 (1866). Artist: Daniel Maclise
Death of Edward the Confessor (c1003-66). Anglo-Saxon king of England from 1042. Edwards death. Illustration by Daniel Maclise for The Story of The Norman Conquest, London, 1866. Engraving

Detail of an Islamic ivory box, 11th century
Detail of an Islamic ivory box, from the Museum fur Islamiche Kunsts collection, Berlin, 11th century

Byzantine mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, in the dome of the church of the monastery at Daphni, near Athens

Silver pennies of William I (1028-1087), part of a hoard of 600 silver pennies deposited in Jubbergate, York. They would have purchased 2000 sheep at the time

Knight of Malta from the order of St John of Jerusalem, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
Knight of Malta from the order of St John of Jerusalem, 16th century. Dedicated to fighting infidel and treating sick and wounded. Woodcut by Jost Amman

Albigensian heresy, c1190-1220. St Dominic gives a book of profession of the true Christian faith to an Albigensian envoy

St Isidore the Labourer. St Isidore (c1070-1130), Spanish Patron Saint of Madrid

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