Brennus


Brennus
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

A bust ofBrennus, who led the Gauls against the Romans in theBattle of Allia.
The Battle of the Allia was a battle of the first Gallic invasion of Italy. The battle was fought near the Allia river: the defeat of the Roman army opened the route for the Gauls to sack Rome. It was fought in 390/387 BC.
photo by Med 

Adoration of the Magi


Adoration of the Magi
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

Very famous Renaissance painting,the Adoration of the Magi bySandro Botticelli, c. 1475
The adoration of the magi was a popular theme in Renaissance art, and in Botticelli's version he has placed members of theMedici family as well as himself (farthest on the right, in yellow, looking at the viewer) in the scene. 

Stele of Revealing


Stele of Revealing
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

The Stele of Revealing

The
Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu i
(also known as the Stele of Revealing) is a
painted, wooden offering stele, discovered in 1858 at the mortuary temple of
Hatshepsut
at Dayr al-Bahri...It
was made for the
Montu
-priest
Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu
i
, and was discovered near his coffin ensemble of two sarcophagi and two
anthropomorphic inner coffins. It dates to circa 680/70 BCE, the period of the
late

Dynasty 25
/early

Dynasty 26
...On the front Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu i as a priest of Montu can be
seen; he is presenting offerings to the falcon-headed god
Re-Harakhty ("Re-Horus
of the Two Horizons"), a synchronistic form of the gods
Ra and
Horus, who is
seated on a throne. The symbol of the west, the place of the Dead, is seen
behind Re-Harakhty. Above the figures is a depiction of
Nut, the
sky goddess who stretches from horizon to horizon. Directly beneath her is the
Winged Solar
Disk
, Horus of
Behdet
. The stele is also known as the "Stele of Revealing" and is a central
element of the religious philosophy
Thelema
founded by
Aleister
Crowley
. - enWikipedia 

Proclaiming Claudius Emperor


Proclaiming Claudius Emperor
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

Proclaiming Claudius Emperor by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, c. 1867.
According to the most popular story of Claudius' ascension, he was proclaimed emperor by members of the Praetorian Guard, who found him hiding behind a curtain after the assassination of Caligula in 41 A.D.

what is the foot wear ?

Praetorian Guard


Praetorian Guard
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

A bas-relief depicting Augustus' Praetorian Guard.
The Praetorian Guard: was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. Before being appropriated for the use of the Emperors' personal guards, the title was used for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC. The Guard was dissolved by Emperor Constantine I in the fourth century AD.

Vlad the Impaler


Vlad the Impaler
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

A famous woodcut image of Vlad III dining amidst corpses of the impaled.
Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (c. 1431 – December 1476), more commonly known as the Impaler or Dracula, was a three-time voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462. Historically Vlad is best known for his resistance to the Ottoman Empire and its expansion and for the cruel punishments he imposed on his enemies. In the English-speaking world Vlad III is perhaps most commonly known for inspiring the name of the vampire in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. - enWikipedia

Kurkh Monolith


Kurkh Monolith
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

A fairly small image of the Kurkh Monolith.
...an Assyrian document that contains a description of the Battle of Qarqar at the end...The Monolith stands some 2.2 metres tall, and roughly covers years one through six of the reign of Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (859-824 BC), although the fifth year is missing...The Monolith mainly deals with campaigns Shalmaneser made in western Mesopotamia and Syria, fighting extensively with the countries of Bit Adini and Carchemish. At the end of the Monolith comes the account of the Battle of Qarqar, where an alliance of twelve kings fought against Shalmaneser at the Syrian city of Qarqar. This alliance, comprising eleven kings, was led by Irhuleni of Hamath and Hadadezer of Damascus, describing an improbably large force led by King Ahab of Israel. The Monolith is also the first time that the Arabs make an appearance in world history, fielding a contingent containing dromedaries led by King Gindibu. - enWikipedia

Battle of Nicopolis


Battle of Nicopolis
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

Depiction of the Battle of Nicopolis by Jean Froissart. note: despite their inclusion in the picture, the crusaders did not have siege weaponry with them for this battle
The Battle: ...took place on September 25, 1396, between the Ottoman Empire versus an allied force from the Kingdom of Hungary, France, the Knights Hospitaller, and the Republic of Venice, as well as smaller contingents and individuals from elsewhere in Europe, near the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis, in modern Bulgaria. It is often referred to as the Crusade of Nicopolis and was the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages. - enWikipedia

Oswald von Wolkenstein wearing Order of the Dragon chain


Oswald von Wolkenstein wearing Order of the Dragon chain
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

A portrait of Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 or 1377-1445; poet, composer and diplomat) from the Innsbrucker Handschrift, 1432. In the painting he is seen wearing the Order of the Dragon chain.
The Order: ...was a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility, created in Hungary in the late Middle Ages. Founded in 1408 by Sigismund, King of Hungary (r. 1397-1437) and later Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433-1437), the Order primarily flourished in Germany and Italy. According to a surviving copy of its statute, the Order required its initiates to defend the Cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, in particular the Ottoman Turks. - enWikipedia

Frog Tsarevna


Frog Tsarevna
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

Frog Tsarevna (Frog Princess) by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1918.
"The Indo-European custom of communal feasts was known as bratchina (from brat, "brother") in Kiev Rus, as slava ("glorification") in Serbia & Macedonia and as sabor ("assembly") in Croatia and Bulgaria." - enWikipedia

Gamaun


Gamaun
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

Gamayun, one of three prophetic birds of Russian folklore, alongside Alkonost and Sirin (painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897).
Slavic mythology

After Culloden


After Culloden
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

After Culloden - Rebel Hunting by John Seymour Lucas, 1884.
The painting depicts the intense search undertaken by troops of the British government for Jacobite supporters in the days following the Battle of Culloden.
I've made a couple of lengthier posts about the Battle of Culloden and other aspects of the conflict which caused it...take a look through the archive if you're interested in checking them out; I'm too lazy to search for them at the moment!

Marcus Tullius Cicero


Marcus Tullius Cicero
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

The Great Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC):
was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He was member of a wealthy family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. Cicero is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary, distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. An impressive orator and successful lawyer, Cicero probably thought his political career was his most important achievement. Today, he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings. His voluminous correspondence, much of it addressed to his friend Atticus, has been especially influential, introducing the art of refined letter writing to European culture. Cornelius Nepos, the 1st-century BC biographer of Atticus, remarked that Cicero's letters contained such a wealth of detail "concerning the inclinations of leading men, the faults of the generals, and the revolutions in the government" that their reader had little need for a history of the period. - enWikipedia

German girl forced to view exhumed concentration camp victims after WWII


German girl forced to view exhumed concentration camp victims after WWII
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

A German girl is overcome as she walks past the exhumed bodies of some of the 800 slave workers murdered by SS guards near Namering, Germany, and laid here so that townspeople may view the work of their Nazi leaders., 05/17/1945" Cpl. Edward Belfer. May 17, 1945. Nara #111-SC-264895.
Denazification: was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of any remnants of the Nazi regime. It was carried out specifically by removing those involved from positions of influence and by disbanding or rendering impotent the organizations associated with it. The program of denazification was launched after the end of the Second World War and was solidified by the Potsdam Agreement.
Collective Guilt Campaign: "[i]n 1945 there was an Allied consensus—which no longer exists—on the doctrine of collective guilt, that all Germans shared the blame not only for the war but for Nazi atrocities as well." Time Magazine, 1969.
Statements made by the British and U.S. governments, both before and immediately after Germany's surrender, indicate that the German nation as a whole was to be held responsible for the actions of the Nazi regime, often using the terms "collective guilt" and "collective responsibility."
To that end, as the Allies began their post-war denazification efforts, the Psychological Warfare Division (PWD) of SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) undertook a psychological propaganda campaign for the purpose of developing a German sense of collective responsibility. The Public Relations and Information Services Control Group of the British Element of the Allied Control Commission began in 1945 to issue directives to officers in charge of producing newspapers and radio broadcasts for the German population to emphasize "the moral responsibility of all Germans for Nazi crimes." Similarly, among U.S. authorities, such a sense of collective guilt was "considered a prerequisite to any long-term education of the German people."
Using the German press, which was under Allied control, as well as posters and pamphlets, a program acquainting ordinary Germans with what had taken place in the concentration camps was conducted. For example using posters with images of concentration camp victims coupled to text such as "YOU ARE GUILTY OF THIS!" or "These Atrocities: Your Fault!" A number of films showing the concentration camps were made and screened to the German public...[the intention] "...was to shake and humiliate the Germans and prove to them beyond any possible challenge that these German crimes against humanity were committed and that the German people – and not just the Nazis and SS – bore responsibility." [PBS]
Immediately upon the liberation of the concentration camps many German civilians were forced to see the conditions in the camps, bury rotting corpses and exhume mass-graves. On threat of death or withdrawal of food, civilians were also forced to provide their belongings to former concentration camp inmates. - enWikipedia

The Murder of Canute the Holy


The Murder of Canute the Holy
Originally uploaded by summoning_ifrit

Knud den Helliges drab (The Murder of Canute the Holy) by Christian Albrecht von Benzon, c. 1843.
Canute IV: was the illegitimate son of Sweyn II Estridsson. Before he became king of Denmark, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that Canute was one of the leaders of a Viking raiding expedition against England in 1075. On its return from England, the Danish raiders' fleet stopped in the County of Flanders. Because of its hostility toward William I of England, Flanders was a natural ally for the Danes.
In 1080, Canute succeeded his brother, Harald III, to the throne of Denmark. On his accession, he married Adela, daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders. She bore him one son, Charles, a name uncommon in Denmark. The boy later became Count of Flanders and was known as Charles the Good, ruling from 1119 to 1127. Like his father, he was martyred in a church by rebels (in Bruges in 1127).
Canute quickly proved himself to be a highly ambitious king as well as a devout one. His reign was marked by vigorous attempts to increase royal power in Denmark. He issued edicts arrogating to himself the ownership of common land, the right to the goods from shipwrecks, and the right to inherit the possessions of foreigners and kinless folk. Ever a champion of the Church, he also issued laws to protect the weak, orphans, widows, and foreigners, and tried to enforce the collection of tithes. These policies led to discontent among his subjects, who were unaccustomed to a king who claimed such powers and who interfered in their daily lives.
But Canute's ambitions were not purely domestic. As the grandnephew of Canute the Great, who until 1035 was king of England, Denmark and Norway, this Canute considered the crown of England to be rightfully his. He therefore regarded William I of England as a usurper. In 1085, with the support of his father-in-law Count Robert, Canute planned an invasion of England. He assembled a fleet at Limfjord, but it never set sail. Possibly Canute was wary of intervention by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, with whom both Denmark and Flanders were on unfriendly terms. Certainly Canute was suspicious of his brother Olaf (later Olaf I of Denmark), who sought command of the fleet, and had him arrested and sent to Flanders. The fleet then dispersed, but Canute intended to reassemble it in a year's time.
Before the fleet could reassemble, a peasant revolt broke out in southern Jutland, where Canute was staying, in early 1086. Canute and his men took refuge inside the wooden Church of St. Alban's in Odense. But the rebels stormed into the church and slew Canute, along with his brother Benedict and seventeen of their followers, before the altar on July 10, 1086. According to Niels Lund, Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Copenhagen, Canute's abortive invasion of England "marked the end of the Viking Age." For it was the last time a Viking army was to assemble against Western Europe. - enWikipedia

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails