The Queen’s Own Regiment of Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry More:German knights in full armor. Heavy cavalry. Military Medieval tournament. Heavy cavalry 16th century. 16th Century Philippa of Hainault. Queen of England… Read More
The Border Regiment (34th & 55th Foot) More:Bull Run. 51st regiment, New York & Pennsylvania. Military The King’s Musketeers. A French army of 1814 to 1815. 1814 Bavarian Army Uniforms.… Read More
A Knight of the Order of the Garter. British order of chivalry. The accompanying plate represents the dress of a Knight of the Garter about the time of Edward IV. or Richard III.
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester of the name, was one of the principal barons who took up arms against King John. The royal line of the Plantagenets.
Royal Sappers and Miners. Working Dress 1854. More:Louis XIV and the officers in the livery of the royal house. Louis XIV Royal and Republican Navy uniforms. France 18th century. France… Read More
The figures which form our plate represent Spanish warriors of the latter part of the eleventh century, and are interesting on account of their remarkable resemblance to the Anglo-Norman soldiers on the celebrated Bayeaux Tapestry.
Prudentius is the most important Christian poet of late antiquity. Prudentius was very popular in the Middle Ages. There are more than 300 manuscripts, the oldest one from the 6th century.
The portrait was probably made about the time of the battle of Poitiers
The son of King Henry II. by his celebrated mistress, Fair Rosamond. Much of romantic interest is attached to the name of Longuespee.
The warlike machines. Our wood-cuts represent some of the instruments used, during the middle ages, in carrying on sieges.
