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A 19th-century painting by Felix Parra (1845-1919) of the Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) who sought to end the abuses of indigenous peoples going on in the New World.

A 17th-century coloured engraving of Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460-1521), the conquistador who became governor of Puerto Rico and, landing in Florida, gave the region that name in 1513.

Catherine de' Medici and Her Children, oil on canvas by the workshop of François Clouet, 1561.

Portrait of Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), oil on canvas by Germain Le Mannier, c. 1547-1559. Uffizi, Florence.

Portrait of Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793), French playwright and author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. Painting by Alexander Kucharsky, c. 18th century. Private Collection.

An aerial view of Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.

A colourised version of an early 20th-century portrait of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Original illustration by Tomás Povedano.

King Louis XIV dances as Apollo in the Ballet de la Nuit, drawing by Henri de Gissey, France, 1653. Le Ballet de la Nuit was choreographed in 1653 and was used to introduce King Louis XIV to the French court at Versailles. It lasted 12 hours...

An 1876 oil on canvas, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. The painting shows young and fashionable Parisians dancing in Montmartre in the dappled light beneath the canopy...

From a compendium of Christine de Pizan’s works commissioned in 1413 CE, produced by her scriptorium in Paris. The British Library. Harley 4431, f.259v. Christine de Pizan (also known as Christine de Pisan, l. 1364-1430 CE). was the first...