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The Exorcism of Charles VI's Madness, oil on canvas painting by François-Auguste Biard, 1839. King Charles VI of France is shown in the foreground, overcome with mental illness, and leans on his mistress, Odette de Champdivers, whose expression...

A 19th century CE portrait by Charles de Steuben of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia, r. 875-877 CE. (Palace of Versailles, France)

The coronation of Charles VI of France, illumination on parchment by Jean Fouquet, in Grandes Chroniques de France, c. 1455-1460. Charles VI was crowned King of France in 1380, at the age of 11, by the Archbishop Richard Picque in Rheims...

An illustration of the English pirate Charles Vane, active in the Caribbean and off the east coast of North America in the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was tried and hanged in Jamaica in 1720. (From an early edition of A General History of...

Statue of Charles Martel at the Château de Chambord, photograph by Babeth Étiève-Cartwright, France, 30 October, 2025. Charles Martel (r. 718-741) was the illegitimate son of Pepin II (r. 687-714), and his concubine Alpaïde, born while he...

Vikings (2013-present) is a historical fiction TV series created and written by English screenwriter Michael Hirst for the History Channel. Filmed in Ireland, the show draws on Scandinavian and European history and lore as it follows the...

James II of England (r. 1685-1688) reigned briefly as the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland until he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution of November 1688. James, also known as James VII of Scotland, was the fourth Stuart monarch...

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the English pirate Captain Charles Vane (d. 1721) and the notorious episode when he fired at the ship of the Governor of the Bahamas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris &...

The Peace of Westphalia, the name given to the multiple treaties, marked the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War. Signed on 24 October 1648, it aimed to secure political autonomy for the multitude of small states that made up the Holy Roman...

Art made by Scandinavians during the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) mostly encompassed the decoration of functional objects made of wood, metal, stone, textile and other materials with relief carvings, engravings of animal shapes and abstract...