Shield Gallery

Seljuk Turks defeated at Dorylaeum, First Crusade

Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon, defeating Muslim forces of Sultan Kilij Arslan at Dorylaeum in Asia Minor, 1097.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Defeat of the Saracens at the Battle of Tours, 732 A.D

Franks under Charles Martel attack the Saracens camp during the Battle of Tours, halting the Muslim invasion, 732 A.D.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Ostrogoth invaders defeated at Taginae, 552 A.D

Byzantine general Narses overcomes the Ostrogoths in battle at Taginae, Italy, 552 A.D.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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