Images

A page of the 1554 Codex Tepetlaoztoc showing the collection of gold tribute by Spanish colonial authorities in New Spain (Mexico). (British Museum, London)

An 1892 painting, The Torture of Cuauhtémoc, by Leandro Izaguirre. Cuauhtémoc was the last Aztec ruler and he was tortured by the conquistadors to find out the last deposits of gold in the city of Tenochtitlan. (National Museum of Art, Mexico...

Memorial plaque honoring German Anabaptist Balthasar Hubmaier (l. 1480-1528). Dr. Karl Lueger Platz, Vienna.

German Anabaptist Balthasar Hubmaier (1485-1528), engraving by Christoffel van Sichem, 17th century.

Typical weapons and armour used in European warfare in the 16th century and by conquistadors in the New World. (Grand Master's Palace Armoury, Valletta, Malta)

A steel falchion sword, popular across Europe from the 13th century. One side of the guard protected the hand while the other permitted the user to lever the sword of one's opponent out of their hand. Venetian, c. 1490. The light weight and...

Swiss Anabaptist, engraving by Gatine after Lante, c. 1820.

Anabaptists in Münster, watercolour by Hanuš Schwaiger, 1886. National Gallery, Prague.

A typical steel morion helmet, a type worn across Europe in the 16th century and worn by conquistadors in the New World. Italian, c. 1570. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

An illustration of the deformed Thersites that was made in 1886 for Shakespeare's play "Troilus & Cressida".