Images

A Red Cross food parcel. Such parcels were sent to Allied prisoners-of-war during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1945 photograph of the glider prisoners-of-war at Colditz Castle built but never used during the Second World War (1939-45). Taken from P.R.Reid "Colditz: The Final Story".

Plans for the glider prisoners-of-war at Colditz Castle built but never used during the Second World War (1939-45). The scale is 1cm = 1 foot. (Imperial War Museums)

Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany. The castle was first built in the 11th century and was famously used as an Allied prisoner-of-war camp by Nazi Germany during the Second World War (1939-45)

Charles VI and Pierre Salmon in discussion, illumination on parchment by Mazarine Master, included in Dialogues de Pierre Salmon, c. 1412-1415. A contemporary depiction of King Charles VI of France talking with his royal secretary, Pierre...

Charles VI's fit of madness in the forest of Le Mans, illumination on parchment by an unknown artist included in Jean Froissart's treatise Froissart's Chronicles, c. 1475. King Charles VI of France experiences his first psychotic break in...

Ball of the Burning Men, illumination on parchment by Phillipe de Mazerolle, included in Jean Froissart's treatise Froissart's Chronicles, Book 4, c. 1470. Depiction of the deadly Ball of the Burning Men (French: Bal des Ardents) at the...

"Welcome to Africatown" sign, photograph by Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker), 2017. Located at the intersection of Bay Bridge Road and Bay Bridge Cutoff Road in Mobile, Alabama, this sign marks the historic Africatown community and highlights...

African Slave Trade, map by KuroNekoNiyah, 2021. This map provides an overview of the slave trade out of Africa, c. 1500-1900, showing both transatlantic and ancillary global flows. It is based on Map I from Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave...

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...