Images

A lithographic print of the house where the composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was born in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany. The house is today a museum dedicated to the composer.

The English king Aethelred II, aka Aethelred the Unready, (r. 978-1016). Illuminated manuscript, The Chronicle of Abindon, c. 1220. MS Cott. Claude B.VI folio 87, verso. (The British Library)

A 17th-century print by Matthäus Merian showing the German city of Frankfurt am Main around 1617.

The cover of Strange Brethren: Refugees, Religious Bonds, and Reformation in Frankfurt, 1554-1608 by Professor Maximilian Miguel Scholz. (Association of University Presses)

Professor Maximilian Miguel Scholz, author of Strange Brethren: Refugees, Religious Bonds, and Reformation in Frankfurt, 1554-1608. (Association of University Presses)

Portrait of George Washington (1732-1799), oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1797. White House, East Room, Washington, D.C.

George Washington on his deathbed, 14 December 1799, oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1851. Dayton Art Institute, Ohio.

Famous portrait of President George Washington (1732-1799), oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1803. Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899-924), in a royal genealogy, made during the 14th century. British Library, MS Royal 14 B VI.

Map of Britain c. 886 CE.