Images

Portrait of Frederick II of Prussia, the future Frederick the Great, shortly after ascending to the throne, oil on canvas by Antoine Pesne, c. 1740s. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria shortly after coming to power, oil on canvas by Martin van Meytens, c. 1744. Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna.

George II at the Battle of Dettingen, oil on canvas by Robert Alexander Hillingford, 1902. Depicted here is King George II of Great Britain directing troops at the Battle of Dettingen, 1743, part of the War of the Austrian...

Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, oil on canvas by Horace Vernet, 1828. National Museum of the Palace of Versailles and Trianon.

The Battle of Hohenfriedberg on June 4, 1745, oil on canvas by Carl Röchling, c. 1920. Depicted here are Prussian grenadiers surprising Saxon soldiers on the morning of the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (4 June 1745). Bundeswehr...

Allegory in Honour of the Publication of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, February 13, 1749, oil on canvas by Jacques Dumont, 1761. Carnavalet Museum, Paris.

Saint Cuthburga church in Wimborne Minster, photograph by Ethan Doyle White, England, 17 August, 2019. The church was originally founded by Princess Cuthburh of Wessex in 705. It was the burial site for King...

Three Early-Medieval silver coins of Anglo Saxon Kings, the Cambridgeshire County Council, c. 852-874. Three coins of the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon rulers, King Aethelred of Wessex (r. 865-871...

King Aethelred of Wessex, miniature by unknown artist, included in Genealogical roll of the kings of England, London, c. 1300 - 1340. British Library, London

The Zulu Kingdom emerged in the early 19th century as a centralized and militarized state under Shaka Zulu (reign c. 1816–1828), whose reforms reshaped...