Images (p. 334)

Image by Joseph Martin Kronheim

Death of Admiral de Coligny

Death of Admiral de Coligny, illustration of the murder of Gaspard II de Coligny, Admiral of France (l. 1519-1572) during the St. Bartholomew's Day Masscacre in the Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, illustrated by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 1887.

Image by William de Leftwich Dodge

The Last Days of Tenochtitlan

An 1899 painting by William de Leftwich Dodge (1867–1935) depicting the last stand of the Aztecs during the siege of Tenochtitlan by Hernán Cortés in 1521. (Howard Tilton Library, Tulane University, New Orleans)

Image by Dr. Michael Arnheim / Wiley Blackwell

Why Rome Fell

Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall or Drift and Change? by Dr. Michael Arnheim, Wiley Blackwell, 2022.

Image by Alexandre Dubelle

National Assembly, 5 October 1789

Women's March on Versailles, 5 October 1789. The National Assembly's president Jean-Joseph Mounier presides over a chatoic hall, with women marchers mingling with Assembly deputies. A man, probably Stanislas Maillard, holds a sign asking...

Image by National Library of France

Women's March on Versailles, 5 October 1789

Women's March on Versailles (5-6 October 1789). Outraged by high bread prices and the anti-revolutionary conduct of royal soldiers, a crowd of 7,000 women descended on the palace of Versailles. The king accompanied them back to Paris the...

Image by Jean-Baptiste Weyler

Portrait of Lafayette, as Commander of the National Guard

A portrait of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) in uniform as commander of the Parisian citizens' militia known as the National Guard, during the French Revolution. Pastel portrait, by Jean-Baptiste Weyler, before 1791.

Image by Unknown Artist

Lafayette and Marie Antoinette

The Marquis de Lafayette kisses the hand of Queen Marie Antoinette of France following the Women's March on Versailles on 6 October 1789. An excellent showman, Lafayette always knew how to put on a performance to please the masses. Old engraving...