Paris through the centuries. National history of Paris and Parisians
18th century headdresses and gowns.
John Wycliffe (1330-1384) and the Dawn of the Reformation.
John Wyclif, also Wicklyf, Wicliffe, Wiclef, Wycliff, Wycliffe, called Doctor evangelicus, was an English philosopher, theologian and church reformer.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. English magnate, military and rebel.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March was an English magnate, military and rebel. After the fall of King Edward II in 1326, he was the real regent of England until he himself was overthrown and executed in 1330.
Tammeamea King of Hawaii and the King of the Solor Islands
Tammeamea King of Hawaii, the Sandwich Islands. Naba Leba king of Solor. Death of Tammeamea king of the Sandwich Islands. Artist: Nicholas Martin Petit (1777-1804).
Inhabitants of Hawaii. Hawaii and South Sandwich Islands.
Inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands. Hawaiian King with feather cape and Headdress.
Crinoline costumes by Mad. Debaizieux. Romantic era 1850.
Dresses by Mad. Debaizieux. La Mode 1850.
The Battle of Hastings. The Norman Conquest, 11th c.
This important battle was fought about nine miles from Hastings, in Sussex, upon the 14th day of October, being Saturday, the year of our Lord 1066.
Alfred the Great. King of the West Saxons. The first English king.
Alfred was not called “the Great” until the Reformation in the 16th century. He is the only king in English history to have received this byname.
Sultan Mahmud I. Emperor of the Ottoman Empire.
Sultan Mahmud I (1696-1754) was from 1730 to 1754 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Mahmud was the son of Mustafa II. and was during the Patrona Halil Rebellion-instead of his uncle… Read More
The shields of the Gauls. Clans in the Roman Empire.
Shields of Gallic, British, German and Iberian auxiliary Regiments. Clans in the Roman Empire. The shields of the Gauls. The Scottish Gaël; or, Celtic Manners