XEE4160929: Legislation under Charlemagne: reading a new law aloud to the representatives of the people who cry out their agreement or disagreement. 8th-9th century. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160981: Project of a canal between the Rhine and the Danube, 793: Charlemagne (747-814) visiting the canal site to connect the North Sea to the Black Sea. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4161681: Sacred Pepin the Brief (714-768), Basilica of Saint Denis, 28 July 754: Pope Stephen II consecrated him king of the Franks and Patrice of the Romans (Patricius Romanorum). At his side, his two sons, Carloman and Charles (the future Charlemagne). Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160760: Penitence and deposition of Louis I the Pious or the Debonnaire (778-840), 833: after confessing, the king is stripped of imperial ornaments by the Archeveque of Reims, then covered with a bag of penitent. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4154439: Hugues Capet (941-996) re-established the canonical elections: the king of the Franks allowed the monks to elect their abbes by placing on an altar a crosse and a mitre. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409109: Dagobert 1st (602/605-638), King of the Franks, tries to assert the royal authority in Burgundy by hearing the complaints of the inhabitants against their lords. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409296: Pope Urban II (1042-1099) haranguing the crowd at the Clermont Council to encourage the population to take part in the First Crusade and to receive the red cloth cross, symbol of the engravings, 1096. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409138: Thierry III (651-691), king of the Franks, and Ebroin (died 681), mayor of the Neustria Palace, were mowed by the population, hostile to the two men. 669. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409307: Conquete of the Kingdom of England by William the Conquerant, 1066: the Duke of Normandy (1027-1087) burned the ships on which his army travelled, in order to force his soldiers to fight or die. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409320: Nerra coots (972/987-1040), Count of Anjou, pilgrimage in Jerusalem. He gets dragged naked, a rope tied to his neck, in the streets of the city, while one of his squires whips him with yards and asks for grace from God. 11th century. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4155137: Dagobert 1st (602/605-638), King of the Franks, tries to assert the royal authority in Burgundy by hearing the complaints of the inhabitants against their lords. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4161653: Succession of Pepin the Brief, 768: an assembly decided to divide the kingdom between his two sons, Charlemagne (747-814) and Carloman (ca. 751-771), thus breaking down the arrangements made by Pepin the Brief. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160577: Ordalies or “the judgments of God”, 877: the representatives of Louis of Germania, who came to claim to Louis II the Bald half of the kingdom of Lorraine, agreed to submit to the tests of hot iron, boiling water and cold water. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160786: Interview between Pope Gregoire IV (died 844) and Louis I the Pious or the Debonnaire (778-840), in 833, in order to settle the dispute between the king and his sons, Lothaire, Pepin and Louis. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160862: Succession of Louis 1st the Pious or the Debonnaire, 816: the emperor of the West (778-840) before the three crowns symbolizing the division of his empire into three kingdoms, each returning to one of his sons (Lothaire, Pepin, Louis). Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160907: Charlemagne (747-814) presents to the people his successor, his son Louis of Aquitaine (Louis I the Pious or the Debonnaire, 778-840). Aix la Chapelle, 813. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409120: Merovingian period; arrival of the king during a “Field of Mars””. The king climbed on a cart fired by oxen, trumpets announce his arrival. At his side, the mayor of the palace, riding with the Baton de Commandant. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409156: Abdication of Carloman (ca. 715-754), mayor of the palace of Austrasia, for the benefit of his brother, Pepin III dit Pepin le Brief (714-768), 747. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4409159: The Princess of Aquitaine, Lampagie, was forcibly married by her father (Eudes) to Moorish captain Munuza (Uthman ibn Naissa) in order to secure peace with the Saracens, 730. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images