King Henry IV at Canossa in 1077 where he went in order to obtain the revocation of the excommunication imposed on him by Pope Gregory VII. According to contemporary sources, he stood for three days and three nights before the entrance gate of the...

Joan of Arc at the court of Charles VII in 1429. Joan of Arc, c. 1412-1431, aka The Maid of Orléans. Considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. From Cassell's History of England, published c. 1901

Great Seal Of King Henry Viii Of England Affixed To The Treaty Of Alliance Of 1527 Between King Henry Viii And King Francis I Of France Against King Charles V Of Spain. From L'univers Illustre Published In Paris In 1868.

Henry VII's trial of weights and measures at the exchequer in 1497, a clerk, bottom right, is seen burning measures which do not come up to standard. Setting standards for weights and measures was neccessary to maintain commercial confidence in...

Jane Seymour, 1508

Magic lantern slide circa 1900. Victorian/Edwardian. Social History. Lambert Simnel (c. 1477 c. 1525) was a pretender to the throne of England. His claim to be the Earl of Warwick in 1487 threatened the newly established reign of King Henry VII (reigned...

Magic Lantern slide circa 1900 hand coloured. created in 1887. A tour of North Wales. 20 Bangor Cathedralinterior. This is an embattled cruciform structure, having a low massive tower, crowned with pinnacles but destitute ot all richness of ornament....

Henry Vii, 1457