Images

A portrait of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) in uniform as commander of the Parisian citizens' militia known as the National Guard, during the French Revolution. Pastel portrait, by Jean-Baptiste Weyler, before 1791.

The Marquis de Lafayette kisses the hand of Queen Marie Antoinette of France following the Women's March on Versailles on 6 October 1789. An excellent showman, Lafayette always knew how to put on a performance to please the masses. Old engraving...

Emperors Zeno I and Anastasius I, folio 141 recto of the Nuremberg Chronicle (c. 1493).

Coin of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I, 491-518 CE. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

A depiction of King Redbad (c. 680- c. 719) by Pier Winsemius (1586-1644), a Frisian lawyer and historian.

One morning at the gates of the Louvre, depicting Catherine de' Medici inspecting the victims of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, oil on canvas painting by Édouard Debat-Ponsan, 1880. Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand

Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV of France, l. 1553-1610) and Margaret of Valois, miniature from manuscript NAL 00082, 1572. National Library of France.

An 1846 painting by John Everett Millais titled "Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru". The scene shows the conquistador Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) capturing the Inca ruler Atahualpa at the battle of Cajamarca in 1533. (Victoria and Albert...

Brunhilda of Austrasia (c. 543-613) being executed, illustration from the Grandes Chroniques de France, Français 2813, folio 60, verso, c. 1375-1380. National Library of France.

Map of the Merovingian kingdoms at their height.