Images

A photograph of the war memorial in Beaugency, France commemorating the fallen in the First World War (1914-18) and the Second World War (1939-45). Flowers are laid before the monument each 11 November, date of the 1918 Armistice with Germany...

Cover of The Formidable Women Who Shaped Medieval Europe: Power and Patronage at the Burgundian Court by Susan Abernethy. This is a collection of 31 women who were related by blood, marriage, and politics to the Valois Dukes of Burgundy...

Queen Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), oil on canvas after Sir Peter Lely, circa 1660-1705. Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire National Trust.

Queen Catherine of Braganza as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, oil on canvas by Jacob Huysmans, c.1664-70. State Entrance, Hillsborough Castle Royal Collection Trust

A map of the Battle of Gettysburg (1–3 July 1863), the largest and bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War (1861–1865), fought in Pennsylvania between General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and General George...

This map illustrates the geopolitical landscape of Europe in mid-November 1918, immediately after the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne (11 November 1918), which ended the First World War (1914–1918). The Great War, fought on an unprecedented...

A Perspective View of the Action at Cartagena, etching, c. 1741. Depicted here is the harbour at Cartagena de Indias, in what is now Colombia, besieged by the Kingdom of Great Britain's Royal Navy during the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748...

Portrait of Admiral Blas de Lezo, oil on canvas painting, c. 1853. Portrayed here is the Spanish naval officer Blas de Lezo (1689-1741), whose illustrious career saw the loss of his left eye, left leg, and the use of his right arm. Besieged...

A coloured illustration by Maurice Pillard Verneuil of the signing of the Armistice between the Allies, represented by their overall military commander Marshal Foch (standing on the right), and Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the...

A photograph showing Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch (standing, second on the right) after the signing of the armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. The train was Marshal Foch's campaign...