Images

The frontispiece of the Eikon Basilike (first published in 1649) showing the late King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649). The king, executed by Parliament during the English Civil Wars (1642-51), is here shown kneeling and holding forth...

Attic vase thought to depict Zephyrus and Hyacinthus, from Tarquinia, c. 480 BCE. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Flora and Zephyr, oil on canvas painting by William-Adolphe Bouguerau, 1875. Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse.

Death mask of Oliver Cromwell who served as Lord Protector of England, Ireland and Scotland (1653-8) after the English Civil Wars (1642-51). (Warwick Castle, England)

A god coin issued during the tenure of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of England, Ireland and Scotland (1653-8).

A map illustrating the political situation in Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa around 1450, just before the fall of Constantinople, the expansion of the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II, the Conqueror, and the transformation...

Statue of Heinrich Bullinger (l. 1504-1575), Swiss reformer, at the Grossmünster, Zürich.

Heinrich Bullinger (l. 1504-1575), portrait painting by Hans Asper, 1550.

An illustration showing Christ and the Pharisees. Hand-coloured woodcut. From Das Plenarium (1517). Created by Hans Schäufelein. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York.

Limestone ossuary with an Aramaic inscription on the side "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990. Israel Museum, Jerusalem.