Image: Paul Jesson, dressed as Cardinal Wolsey, at the V&A museum with the Angels. Jesson played Wolsey in the stage … More
Category: Europe
Anything related to Europe (+ Russia, Turkey)
The Crop Duster, the Soviet U-2
Image: The 588th Night Bomber Regiment in 1945, infamous for their use of the Po-2 The Polikarpov Po-2, nicknamed Uchebnyy-2 … More
The Battle of Raate Road
Photo: Soviet equipment and fallen soldiers at Raate Road, Suomussalmi – By the Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive Eighty years ago … More
The Life and Death of Sigurd the Mighty
Photo: Map of North-eastern Scotland showing Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Moray. At his death, Sigurd Eysteinsson controlled the area north … More
The 1016 Invasion of England
Photo: Ashingdon hill, a possible site of the Battle of Assandun. Others argue the battle occoured at Ashdon. In 1014, … More
The Dancing Plague of 1518
Photo: Engraving by Hendrik Hondius portrays three women affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel, who … More
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