Historical Military Attire and Battles

Illustrations depict military costumes and warriors from various historical periods, including the Battle of Hastings and 14th-century mercenaries, highlighting armor and weaponry.

Mongol riders with prisoners. Miniature from Jami' al-tawarikh (Universal History), Central Asian Art

Kleidung, Mode der normannischen und angelsächsischen Krieger des 11. bis 14. Jahrhunderts, Darstellung der Schlacht von Hastings im Jahr 1066, auf ei...

Mercenary soldiers. Landsknechte. Engraving after etching by Daniel Hopfer, 1530. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

Edad media Siglo XIV. Lanceros, de mesnadas señoriales. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Spears, Helmets, Lancers , Spanish

Edad medio Siglo XIII. Cetrato, loricato, de mesnada de cibdad ó villa; Cetrato, loricato, de mesnada de señorial; Lancero, loricato, de mesnada de señorial; Lancero, loricato, de mesnada de cibdad ó villa. 1270 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Daggers & swords, Armor, Shields

History of Germany. 14th century. From left to right, 1: Count of Thuringia, 2-5-8: knights in battle dress, 3-4: ordinary people armed, 6-7: noble dames. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885.

Masquerade of Leiden students, 1865 (plate 11); Coated adaptives held by the members of the Leidsche Student-Corps den 6den Junij 1865, at the celebration of the 290s birthday of the Leidsche Hoogeschool, presenting: the Intogt of Hollanders within Zierikzee under Jonker Willem, Grave van Oostervant, on the 12th August Anno 1304. Historical costumed procession of the students of Leiden Hogeschool held on June 6, 1865 on the occasion of the 290th anniversary of the university. The procession represents the arrival of the Dutch within Zierikzee on August 12, 1304. Eleventh plate with the groups numbered 131-140. Part of the series of 16 assumed sheets.

Cod. 11093, fol. 13r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene

Mongol riders with prisoners. Miniature from Jami' al-tawarikh (Universal History), Central Asian Art

Torquato Tasso (1544-1595). Italian poet. La Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), 1580. Engraving. Colored.

Three knights on horseback, Anonymous, Anonymous, 1500 - 1599 print paper knight. knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)

German Soldiers, First third of the 16th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

English soldiers with shield, pike & crossbow. Date: 15th - 16th century

Knights on horseback marching to the tournament, from the tournament book of Emperor Maximilian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

THE BATTLE OF CREY FROM AN ILLUMINATED COPY OF FROISSART'S CHRONICLES.

Foot Combat with Halberds, c.1512-1515, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Volume III), pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper, sheet: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.), German 16th Century (artist)

France, 1500-1575. Louis XII, Francis I, Henry II, Charles IX. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Cod. 11093, fol. 8r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene

Warriors onhorseback. Artist: Unknown

Harold II's (c1022-66) Anglo-Saxon troops (left) led by armoured standard bearer and warrior with axe, confront Norman cavalryman armed with lance:1066. Detail from Bayeux Tapestry. Lithograph

Armour and helmets - the more fancy ones were intended for use in the tournament rather than the battlefield Date: 14th/15th centuries

Homme d'arme des compagnies d'ordannance, 1445. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

SOLDADOS DE LA DINASTIA DE LOS AUSTRIAS AÑO 1534:GUARDIA ALEMANA,ALFEREZ,ATAMBOR Y PIFARO. Author: JOSE RUBIO DE VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Men in armour, shields, banners ; with details of chain-mail Date: Middle Ages

Cod. 11093, fol. 12r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene

Carthaginian soldier. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

Gaul chief in battle dress carrying a standard, 1882-1884.Artist: Michelet

German knights Date: 1300 - 1360

The camp life of the Landsknecht, foot soldier in the 15th century, in the background dice player on a drum, Germany, digitally restored reproduction ...

Assyrian warriors with chariots hunting bulls, Assyria, Assyrian Empire, ca 800 BC, Illustration from 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Edad media Siglo XIII. Ballestero, de mesnada realenga; Balllestero de mesnada realenga. 1270 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Bow and arrow, Crossbows

military, Middle Ages, knight in full armour, 15th century, wood engraving, 19th century,

EL REY DE ARMAS PRESENTA ESCUDOS AL DUQUE DE BOURBON - MINIATURA SIGLO XV. DUQUE DE BOURBON / DUQUE DE BORBON.

Counter-attack by Micheletto da Cotignola (M Attendola) at the Battle of San Romano, 1432 c1456. Tempera on wood. Paolo Ucello (1397-1475) Italian Early Renaissance painter. Battle between Florentines and Sienese. Cavalry Armour Lance

Russians routing Bulgarians in cavalry skirmish. Chromolithograph from 10th century Sclavonian manuscript in the Vatican Library

Soldiers from ancient Persia. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Mehmed II (1432-1481). Ottoman sultan. His soul is seized by the devil. His two sons, Bajazet and Cem, in front of the deathbed. Engraving after "Description du siege de la ville de Rhodes", 1496. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Count John de Dunois (1403-1468), often called the "Bastard of Orleans," was a distinguished French commander. His father was Louis, duke of Orleans and brother of Charles VI of France. It was John who defended Orleans against the English and held out until Joan of Arc arrived. In 1450, he completed the reconquest of northern France. This drawing of the Count dates to about 1450.

Military costume of the Gothic Nations on the western coast of the Baltic, Dane and Sclavonian. They are dressed as Berserkirs. On the right is a Dane, wearing skull cap with nasal point, leather breastplate and fur surcoat, holding a shield and knife. The other has a feathered helmet (popular with the Tatars), breastplate, spear, blunt sword and shield (possibly a Sclavonian). Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821.

Masquerade of Leiden students, 1865 (plate 7); Coated adaptives held by the members of the Leidsche Student-Corps den 6den Junij 1865, at the celebration of the 290s birthday of the Leidsche Hoogeschool, presenting: the Intogt of Hollanders within Zierikzee under Jonker Willem, Grave van Oostervant, on the 12th August Anno 1304. Historical costumed procession of the students of Leiden Hogeschool held on June 6, 1865 on the occasion of the 290th anniversary of the university. The procession depicts the arrival of the Dutch within Zierikzee on August 12, 1304. Seventh plate with the groups numbered 77-95. Part of the series of 16 assumed sheets.

Masquerade of Leiden students, 1865 (plate 3); Coated adaptives held by the members of the Leidsche Student-Corps den 6den Junij 1865, at the celebration of the 290s birthday of the Leidsche Hoogeschool, presenting: the Intogt of Hollanders within Zierikzee under Jonker Willem, Grave van Oostervant, on the 12th August Anno 1304. Historical costumed procession of the students of Leiden Hogeschool held on June 6, 1865 on the occasion of the 290th anniversary of the university. The procession depicts the entry of the Dutch within Zierikzee on August 12, 1304. Third plate with the groups numbered 25-36. Part of the series of 16 assumed sheets.

military, Middle Ages, infantry, Franconian archer and lance bearer, 10th century, wood engraving, 19th century,

Edad Media. Ingeniero. Ataque a la mina de un castillo fortificado del siglo XIV. Ilustración a color de la "Armeé Française, Nos Soldats" (Ejército Francés, Nuestros Soldados). Autor, Eugene Hennebert (1826-1896). París, h. 1890. Ilustración firmada por Hussenot y Pallandre. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona, Cataluña, España.

military, Landsknechts, arquebusier, drummer and piper, woodcut, 16th century,

Swiss Habsburg Wars, Battle of Sempach, Knights in Combat, miniature from 1385, in the Landesbibliothek zu Kassel, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the year 1880

Battle of Issus - Mosaic

Primitive warriors (Asturs and Celtiberians). Madrid, Military historical archives. Author: JOSE RUBIO DE VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Two Anglo Saxon soldiers in suits of armor from the end of the 9th and beginning of the 10th centuries. A soldier with a long lance wearing a blue cape over a brown tunic that appears to have metal plates attached to the fabric in the skirt (61). Another soldier with lance, long-bow and shield wearing a tunic of metal plates that resemble fish-scales over a bright yellow skirt (62). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Cod. 11093, fol. 29v: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

12th century French knight with long tunic and pointed helmet, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Jousting. Renaissance. Knight with lance. Engraving by Jost Amman, 16th century. Later colouration.

A woodcut by Hans Schäufelin depicting ten soldiers with lances in Emperor Maximilian Is triumphal procession, showing figures, uniforms, and early 16th-century German printmaking techniques.

Soldiers under Charlemagne from Grass after, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Anglo Saxon soldiers and nobleman.. . "Anglo Saxon soldier in boots armed with a sword (55), Anglo Saxon soldier wearing slippers and socks (56), and Anglo Saxon man of very high rank wearing red trousers tied with cords (57)." . . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

military Ancient World Roman and Greek warriors wood engraving 19th century,

Cod. 11093, fol. 11v: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene

The Battle of Ascalon took place on 12 August 1099 and is often referred to as one of the last events of the First Crusade, Israel, Historical, digita...

Tiempos primitivos. Guerrero Astur y Celtíbero. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 1 del ALBUM DE LA INFANTERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Cod. 11093, fol. 24v: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

Fifteenth century, Captain of regular armed men, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

BALLESTEROS Y ARQUEROS DE LA EDAD MEDIA. Author: VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR, MADRID, SPAIN.

James I the Conqueror (1208-1276). Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon (1213-1276), Valencia (1239-1276) and Majorca (1229-1276). Conquest of Valencia. James I before the walls of Valencia. On 9 October 1238, the troops of the King of Aragon entered the city of Valencia. Engraving. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

The campaign of the Russians to siege Constantinople.

military, Landsknechts, in the service of Emperor Maxemilian I, piper, drummer and colour bearer, copper engraving by Matthaeus Zasinger, late 15th century,

Scene from the Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066, Norman horsemen attack English foot soldiers, Battle of Hastings took place on 14 October 1066 and was the first military success of the French Normans in the conquest of England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Glazed tile picture of cavalry charge BADAJOZ, SPAIN - MAY 9: glazed tile picture of Albuera battle, between French and allied nations armies, in 1811. May 9, 2015 in La Albuera, Badajoz, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/JuanxAunionx 11212557

Knight of the Order of Santiago. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

John II of France (1319-1364) 14th. Century and his son Philip II, Duke of Burguyndy captured in the Battle of Poitiers (1356). Later colouration.

Hellenic warrior c. 480, armed with shield and sword, Greece, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

FIRST CRUSADE A cavalry charge by the Knights of Saint John against the Saracens

From left clockwise: an archer. the standard of Richard. Earl of Warwick. a crossbowman and a pavoiser. from the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Engraving depicting one of the famous 'Tiger Guard'. Dated 20th Century

German 16th Century, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I Combats on Foot (Jousts)(Volume III), c 1515 Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Jousts)(Volume III)

Germany, Constantinus der groisse Keyser, Emperor Constantine the Great on horseback, verso lower left - stamped, Sheet from a book. Constantine the Great and two soldiers on horseback, one of whom is carrying a flag., print, book illustration, prints, height 134 mm, width 88 mm, height 283 mm, width 207 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1499 - 1499, fourth quarter 15th century, paper, woodcut, hand-colouring

Russian atrocities in Livonia on July and August 1577. From Johann Jakob Wick's Sammlung von Nachrichten... by Anonymous / Zentralbibliothek Zurich / 1577 / Schwitzerland / Watercolour and ink on paper / History / 22x33 / Renaissance

Germany. Saxony. Knights 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

France, 1700-1720. Louis XIV. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Miniature depicting scenes from the Battle of Tewkesbury when King Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian forces of Margaret of Anjou. Dated 15th Century

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). The citizens of New York receive news about the events in the battles of Lexington and Concord (April, 1775), the first military engagements between American and British forces. Engraving. Colored.

Officers And Ships Of Ancient Roman Empire Commander Lieutenant Centurion Lictor War & Merchant Ships & Galleys

Napoleon at the Battle of Eylau. 1807. Painting by Gros. FRANCE.

Joan of Arc and her companions during the siege of Dreux, miniature from the Vigiles de Charles VII, 1484, by Martial de Paris (known as Auvergne)(1420-1508), foglio 26. France, 15th century.

When the Romans withdrew their troops from Britain after about 400 years, the British King needed help with organising his army, so two Saxons, called Hengist and Horsa came to these shores to offer assistance. Date: circa 400 AD

Cod. 11093, fol. 14r:Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene

Carthaginian general Hannibal's army crossing the Alps 218 BC to do battle with the Romans. Second Punic War. Early 20th century illustration.

Parade of armed riders, 1575 print print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper engraving military parade, pageant (+ weapons)

Roman Empire. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Rome

Knights of Malta, 1048-1799 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Knights of Malta

Byzantine cavalrymen overwhelming enemy cavalry and footsoldiers. Illustrated manuscript

5th Crusade (1217-1221). Conquest of Damietta in 1219. Picture of the 15th c. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Bibliothque de l'Arsenal (Library of the Arsenal).

Russkoe vooruzhenie c XIV do vtoroi poloviny XVII stoletiia. SHAPKA MEDIANAIA Russian arms from the fourteenth to second half of the seventeenth century. Copper helmets.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1841. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

Utrecht masquerade of 1881 (sixth plate); Triumphelijcke Incomst Vanden Speeligheghen and the Hooghgheboren Aerts-Hertoge Matthias, inside that Princelijcke Stadt van Brussele in T'iaer us Heeren M.D.LxXVIII. Den Xviij Dach January. Held by Lord members of the Utrecht student corps on 28 June 1881 on the occasion of the 245th anniversary of the Hoogeschool.Sixth Plate with A part of the procession. Part of the Series of Seven Plates Plus Title Process and Explanation of the Costumed Procession by the Students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences on 28 June 1881 in The Celebration of the 245th Anniversary of the University. Proposed is The Arrival of Archduke Matthias in Brussels on January 18, 1578.

Francois I writing to his mother after the battle of Pavie, one part of a series of trading cards distributed with Guerin - Boutron chocolate boxes

Illustration of 14th century an English archer, noble and knight in armour.

Thomas the Slav's troops defeat the imperial army in Asia Minor, during Thomas's revolt against Michael II the Amorian

History by Polybius. Volume II. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. Trajan's Dacian Wars. 2nd century AD. Engraving depicting reliefs of the Trajan Column. Siege scene. Dacians attacking the Roman trenches. Later colouration.

Two U. S. Marine officers and two enlisted men with anchor, chain, and miscellaneous boat gear | Library of Congress

History by Polybius. Volume IV. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1728. Rider from Fez or Morocco. Engraving. Later colouration.

18th century highwayman and victim

The marching stance of the arquebusier riders. Harquebusiers with snap-hance carbines. dated 1632. from the book *The British Army*. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Italy. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 476-1600 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

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