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Charles eldest son of King Pepin receives the new of the death of his father and the Great Feudalists offer him the Crown Costumes worn are of the 15th century Court of Burgundy Facsimile of miniature from History of the Emperors

Stokesay Castle reflected in lake in autumn sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

Stokesay Castle with brown and black cows drinking in lake in autumn sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

Charlemagne 742 or 747 to 814 Also known as Charles the Great or Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus King of the Franks and Lombards From 16th Century engraving

Mediaeval bridge over the river Montsant, built entirely out of dressed stone blocks which still bear numerous masons' marks. Cabacés. El Priorat. Tarragona province. Spain

Grand ceremonial banquet at the French court in 14th century 19th century engraving based on miniatures and narratives of the period From Dictionnaire du Mobilier Francais by M Viollet Leduc

Varlet or Squire carrying thick bladed Halberd and Archer in fighting dress drawing crossbow string with double handled winch From 15th century miniatures

Gaston Phoebus 1331 to 1391 teaching the art of venery or hunting 19th century reproduction from 15th century miniature of Phoebus and his Staff Hunting Wild Animals and Birds of Prey

How bears and other beasts may be caught with a dart 19th century reproduction of 15th century miniature in the Manuscript of Phoebus

Man and woman ploughing field Miniature from ancient Anglo Saxon manuscript Legend says God Spede ye Plough and send us Korne enow

Kennel in which dogs should live and how they should be kept 19th century reproduction of 15th century miniature in the Manuscript of Phoebus

Tomb of Sir John of Verdun Lady Chapel All Saints Church Brixworth Northamptonshire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Stokesay Castle in autumn sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

Florence The Rape of the Sabine sculpture carved from a single block of marble by Giambologna in 1583 The Loggia of the Lanzi Piazza della Signoria Florence Tuscany Italy Europe

The court of Mary of Anjou 1404 to 1463 wife of Charles VII Her chaplain Robert Blondel presents her with the allegorical treatise of the Twelve Perils of Hell which he composed for her in 1455 Facsimile of minature from Twelve Perils of Hell

Jean Jouvenel des Ursins provost of the Merchants of Paris and his wife Michelle de Vitry in the Reign of Charles VI Fragment of period picture once in Chapelof the Ursins

The Queen of Sheba before Solomon 15th century costume Facsimile of miniature from Breviary of Cardinal Grimaldi attributed to Memling in Library of San Marco Venice

English graveyard and medieval Gatehouse to Stokesay Castle Shropshire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles

Notre Dame Cathedral interior detail of 13th century gothic stained glass rose window in the north transcept Paris France Europe

Crodon Ancient Saxon idol 19th century reproduction of woodcut from Annales Circuli Westphaliae by Herman Stangefol dated 1656

Stokesay Castle in summer sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

Hotel des Ursins Paris France built in 14th century restored in 16th and now destroyed 19th century reproduction of earlier work

Cultivation of grain by peasants and manufacture of barley and oat bread 19th century reproduction of a woodcut from an edition of Virgil published at Lyons in 1517

Stokesay Castle with brown and black cows drinking in lake in autumn sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

Charlemagne 742 or 747 to 814 receiving Oath of Fidelity and Homage from one of his great Feudatories or High Barons Facsimile from 14th century miniature from Chronicles of St Denis

The Issue de Table 19th century reproduction of woodcut in the treatise of Christoforo di Messisburgo called Banchetti Compositioni di Vivende published Ferrara 1549

The way to catch squirrels on the ground in the woods 19th century reproduction of 14th century miniature in manuscript of the Livre du Roy Modus

The court of Mary of Anjou 1404 to 1463 wife of Charles VII Her chaplain Robert Blondel presents her with the allegorical treatise of the Twelve Perils of Hell which he composed for her in 1455 Facsimile of minature from Twelve Perils of Hell