Images

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.

Equestrian portrait of Charles I of Spain aka Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor by Titian depicting Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg in April 1547 where he defeated the Protestant forces of the Schmalkaldic League, 1548. Museo del Prado...

Elector John Frederick I of Saxony (l. 1503-1554), portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1578. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden

Maurice of Saxony (1521-1553), oil on canvas portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1578. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.

Portrait of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (l. 1507-1582) by Antonis Mor, 1557. Hispanic Society Museum and Library, New York.