Officer of Laquenets with standard
Ensign officer of Laquenets with standard, portrait by Heinrich Aldegrever, year 1540
Like it or not, history as it was taught us at school is mostly a matter of power, blood and abuse along the centuries. Thus here you’ll find scenes of battles, carnage, invasions, a few mighty figures deciding the destiny of thousands of commoners, pious bishops way more fearsome than bloodthirsty assassins, portraits of powerful kings promptly forgotten after their premature demise (often at hand of an impatient heir), and here and there a comparatively harmless selfless character that was allowed into history due to some mysterious glitch. Don’t blame us for that, we’re just the messengers…
Ensign officer of Laquenets with standard, portrait by Heinrich Aldegrever, year 1540
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Engraving portrait of William of Orange, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland…
Poet and humanist scholar Conrad Celtis offers his works to Holy Roman…
conquest of the Inca empire by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in XVI…
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XVIII century, students dueling, very popular activity in Germany, a way to…
Administration of justice: magistrate and pleading people, Middle Ages drawing
Prussian army camp during the 7 years war (1756 – 1763)
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The funeral procession for the death of Frederick William I of Prussia…
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SMS Tegetthoff ironclad warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built in 1878 in…
Olifant,medieval ivory hunting horn made of elephant tusk, owned by Holy Roman…
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Engraving portrait of Charles III King of Spain (1759 – 1788), ruler…
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Germany – silver medal from 1681 of Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg…
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Monument to Christopher Columbus built in 1862 in Genoa, Italy. At the…
Armor of emperor Maximilian I with sword and visorless war helmet, year…
SMS Sachsen ironclad of the Imperial German navy launched in 1877 for…
Silver shrine with Charlemagne or Charles the Great on the throne flanked…
The Suez Canal inauguration, the artificial canal joined the Mediterranean and the…
Mercenary soldiers by foot by Albrecht Duerer ( XV – XVI century)
Engraving portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Great (742-814) from a painting…
Bas relief at the National Gallery in Berlin representing Queen Louise, King…
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XVI century: cruelty and abuse of the aborigine mine workers by the Spanish army
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