Sword 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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Medieval battle scene

Jonathan battling Baccide, from a French translation of Josephus' History of the Jews, 1400s.
Printed color lithograph reproduction of a miniature in a 15th century French manuscript.

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Roman Emperor Constantine I (Constantine the Great), York GB

Statue of Constantine the Great at York, England, where he was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306 AD. In the background is the cathedral, York Minster.
Digital photograph

© 2000 N.Carter/North Wind Picture Archives

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