ELD4962517: Milenary of Rome: From 21 April 247 to 21 April 248, Philippe l'Arabe marks the tenth secular games for a year of grand celebrations (Ludi Saeculares, celebrated under the reign of Philip the arab, coincided with the one thousandth anniversary of the foundation of Rome, 247-248 AD) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images
ELD4963958: Portrait of the eight children of Louis-Philippe d'Orleans (1773-1850) and Marie-Amelie de Bourbon-Sicilies: Ferdinand-Philippe, Louise, Marie, Louis, Clementine, Francois, Charles, Henri and Antoine circa 1836-1837 (Portrait of the eight sons of Louis Philippe I with his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily) political and by Louis-Philippe”” by Alexandre Dumas, 1852 / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873493: Submission to Chester: King Edgar (943-975) climbs up the Dee aboard a barge of which eight kings formed the crew thus proving his loyalty (including Kenneth II of Scotland, Mael Coluim mac Domnall of Strathclyde, the Welsh princes Iago ab Idwal and Hywel ab Ieuaf and the King of the Islands Mac Harald, Bath, 973) The Barge of King Edgar manned by eight kings on the Dee - 973 Kenneth, king of Scotland, his son Malcolm, king of Cumbria, Mac Oric, of the Isles, with Dufnal, of South Wales, Siferth and Howel, of North Wales, Jacob, of Galloway, and Jukel, of Westmoreland who all took the oath of homage to their superior lord at the church of St John the Baptist in Bath) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873568: King of Wessex Alfred the Great (846-899) on horseback on the bank of the River Lea twenty miles up the Thames from London where he planned the capture of the invading Danish fleet, 892 Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873740: High Priest Coifi destroys the idols of the Paian temple of Goodmanham when King Edwin of Northumbria converted to Christianity, circa 625 (High priest Coifi (Cofi) profanes the temple of the idols by calling for horse and a spear (both forbidden to him by heathen law) and hurling the spear into the temple - ordering that it be destroyed by fire This act was done after Edwin, a King of the Bretwalda (Northumbria) declared in favour of embracing Christianity, 627 AD) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873918: Emperesse Matilda (Mathilde) (1102-1167) authorized by King Stephen (Stephen of Blois) (1096-1154) to leave Arundel Castle in 1139 (Matilda (1102-1167), the daughter of Henry I of England, is permitted by Stephen of Blois (1096-1154) to leave Arundel castle and escorted, under the safeguard of the legate, to the outposts of the Earl of Gloucester, 1139) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874045: King Alfred the Great (849-899) forgets the cakes prepared by the Danish house under her roof in Athelney, and burns them, 878 - Back in the little house, she blames the king for its inattention (Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes, allowed her cakes because he became distracted while stringing his bow, 878) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images