Medieval Battles

Engravings of famous medieval battles, featuring knights and armies in combat, illustrating historic conflicts in Europe.

William the Conqueror entering London, December 1066

Engraving depicting a scene from the Battle of Roosebeke, between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders. Dated 14th Century

History of Spain. Middle Ages. Kingdom of Navarre. The Navarrese shake off the French yoke. Entraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume III, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1853.

Mutineer cavalry attacking an infantry square at the Battle of Cawnpore 1857 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

War of the Roses. Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485.

Europe, Scotland. The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314.

Crusaders from the twelfth century.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Engagement between Prussian army Uhlans and French Chasseurs d'Afrique. August 1870. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

William the Conqueror entering London, December 1066

The Battle of Carchemish, c.605BC. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Painting of the Battle of Kosovo, dated 1870, by Adam Stefanović. Prince Lazar is seen dying with his horse.

The defeat of Adonizedek during the Israelite invasion of Canaan. Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Death of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

1383-1385 Portuguese interregnum. Battle of Aljubarrota,14 August 1385. It took place between the Kingdom of Portugal under John I of Portugal (1358-1433) and the Crown of Castile under John I of Castile (1358-1390). The result was a victory for the Portuguese, ruling out Castilian ambitions to the Portuguese throne and assuring John as King of Portugal. Engraving. "Historia de Espan_a Ilustrada", 1871.

Attack upon the hollow square at Hanging Rock during the American Revolution

Battle of Bosworth Field. Lord Stanley Bringing the Crown of Richard to Richmond.

Batalla de Sanluri (Isla de Cerdeña,30 de junio de 1409). Enfrentó a los ejércitos del juzgado de Arborea y al de la Corona de Aragón (Reino de Cerdeña) de Martín I de Aragón. Las tropas de Arborea estaban dirigida por el juez Guillermo III de Narbona, y las tropas sardo-aragonesas por Martín el Joven, rey de Sicilia hijo de Martín I de Aragón. La victoria fué aragonesa. Muerte del Conseller Desvalls. Ilustración por Urrabieta. Grabado por A. Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1862.

The Romans under the command of General Drusus invade Germany

This image shows the capture of King John in Battle of Poitiers by R Catou Woodville. The Battle of Poitiers was fought on September 19, 1356 between England and France. The English won, one of their three major victories in the Hundred Years War. Leading the troops for France was King John and, for England, Edward the Black Prince. Circumstances led to King John's troops being left stranded and Edward was able to encircle him and capture both the king, as shown here, and his men. Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (died 1927) was an English artist and illustrator, who is best known for being one of the most prolific and effective painters of battle scenes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Historia. Batalla de los Campos Cataláunicos que enfrentó en el año 451 a los godos, francos y romanos contra Atila (395-453), rey de los hunos. Grabado de 1871.

Capture of the Austrians by Frederick's Dragoons at Hohenfriedberg, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

military Landsknechts drummer and standard bearers army of Emperor Charles V woodcut by Hans Sch_uffelin from ""Trostspiegel"" 1520,

Second Punic War, The Cannibal War, The Battle of Casilinum, Italy, Roman Victims Are Stripped of Their Ornaments, The History of Ancient Rome, Roman ...

Henry IV of England (1347-1413). Engraving, 19th century.

'Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915', 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, it was the biggest British attack of 1915, and the first time the British used poison gas. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume IV. The Summer Campaign - 1915", edited by J. A. Hammerton. The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916

Vespasian rescued by his son Titus

Before the Battle of Bouvines (1214), Philip II. Before the Battle of Bouvines (1214), Philip II Augustus, as representative of the direct Capetians, consolidated royal power in France by strategically regaining territories, especially from the Angevins, and strengthening the central administration, Illustration, Reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical

Reinado de Carlos IV (1788-1808). Salida de los franceses de España. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

Hunyadi at Belgrade - The might warrior and the Monk Capistran lead the Peasants against the Turks

Disarming 11th Irregular Cavalry, Berhampore, India, Asia, 1857 Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Battle of Churubusco, near the city of Mexico, September 27 1847 - Mexican American War

Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II of Sicily defeats the Milanese of the Lombard League at the Battle of Cortenuova, 27th November 1237. Date: 27th November 1237.

The Battle of Hastings, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

The Battle of Monjuich,Spain. 1706

Holy Roman Empire. Reign of Maximilian I (1459-1519). War against the Ottoman Empire. Engraving by Historia Universal, 1885.

Native Americans looting a freight train

Battle of Melegnano, Italy, June 8 1859, during the Second War of Italian Independence. After a work by Gustave Dore.

Chieftains from Britain have captured a Roman Centurion, History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Cruzada contra la Corona de Aragón declarada por el Papa Martín IV contra el rey Pedro I el Grande entre 1284-1286, en el contexto histórico de la Guerra de las Vísperas Sicilianas. El rey Pedro III de Aragón en el Collado de las Panizas o Paso de Le Perthus (Pirineos Orientales). Ilustración por Cava. Grabado por A. Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1861.

Caesar's Civil War. Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C), known as Julius Caesar, Roman politician, general, and author of Latin prose, in the Battle of Munda (45 B.C.) against the Optimates. Southern Hispania. Engraving by Serra in "Historia de Espana Ilustrada", 1871.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, at the Battle of Lech, 15th April 1632, mortally injured, historic illustration, 1877

Muhammad XII. Boabdil, surrenders Granada to King Ferdinand the Catholic on 2 January 1492, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th cent...

Francia. El rey Enrique IV durante el asedio infructuoso de París en 1590. Grabado de 1853.

Johann Friedrich, kurfurst von Sachsen, is taken prisoner by emperor Carl V at Muhlberg.

King Harold II of England at the Battle of Hastings 1066

Storming of the Tuileries, drawn by F. Lix, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Charles Martel at Tours

Masquerade by students from Leiden Hogeschool, 1840 (plate 19); De Intogt van Hertog Jan van Beijeren inside Leijden, on the 18th August 1420, in Masquerade suggested by H.H. Students of the Leydsche Hoogeschool, on the 8th February 1840. Historical costumed procession of the students at Leiden University of Applied Sciences on February 8, 1840. The procession depicts the arrival of Hertog Jan van Bavaria on 18 August 1420. Nineteenth plate in a series of Nineteen unnumbered plates, with the groups numbered 116-121.

On 18 January 1871, the proclamation of the King of Prussia to the German Emperor took place in Versailles, France, digitally restored reproduction of...

With cannon, spears, and cavalry, armed forces in the early 1500s lay siege to a city, only to be rebuffed.

Print showing Scipio Africanus on horseback with Roman soldiers engaging Hannibal, riding a war elephant, during the battle of Zama, 202 B.C. Engraving after painting by Cornelis Cort.

France. Wars of Religion. Henry IV fighting in the Battle of Ivry (14th March 1590).

William I of Scotland, 'The Lion' (1143-1214) taken prisoner by the English at Alnwick, Northumberland 1174, Colour-printed wood engraving 1864

CONQUISTA DE MEXICO (1519). "BATALLA EN LA CIUDAD DE CHOLULA". Batalla de los españoles y sus aliados contra sus habitantes ocurrida en 1519. La ciudad fue arrasada por Hernán Cortés. Detalle del cuadro enconchado de Miguel González de 1698. Museo de América. Madrid. España.

Philippa of Hainault defeats King David of Scotland at Neville's Cross, Newcastle on Tyne

The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521-25. A Spanish-Imperial army under the command of Charles de Lannoy attacked the French army under the personal command of Francis I of France. The French army was defeated. Francis himself, captured by the Spanish troops, was imprisoned by Charles V and forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Madrid, surrendering significant territory to his captor.

Ottonian dynasty period. 10th-11th centuries. Germany. Cavalryman. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

First Crusade. Siege of Antioch. 1097-1098. Battle of Antioch. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

Siege of Paris 885-886 by the Vikings (Northmen). Considered by some to be the beginning of Norman power in France. Battle War Military Nineteenth century Trade Card Chromolithograph

Johan van Galen defends himself against 20 robbers, 1649.Johan van Galen only sailing through the Mediterranean Sea to Port Maria, defends himself against 20 robbers raising him, 1649. Design for a print.

Battlefield in Winter Landscape, Karel Frederik Bombled, 1832 - 1902 print Soldiers are fighting each other at a bridge. In the middle of the bridge is an explosion and a soldier falls over the edge of the bridge. Some others have dropped by the ice. On the left a horse and carriage drives away. Haarlem paper battle. projectiles, explosives, etc.

Hussard Striking a Cosack. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carle Vernet.

The Huns in battle with the Alans or Alani, were an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity, Hunnic invasion in 370, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, historical, The Huns in battle with the Alans or Alani, were an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity, Hunnic invasion in 370, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical

Joshua urges on his army outside the walls of Jericho. Trumpeters process around the walls carrying the Ark of the Covenant and the walls crumble. Chromolithograph c1860. Colour

Modern age. Army. 15th- 16th century. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

Francia. Entrevista en el Campo del Drap d'Or entre los reyes Enrique VIII de Inglaterra (1491-1597) y Francisco I de Francia (1494-1547) el 7 de junio de 1520. Grabado de 1853.

'Barreto Fights the Kafirs', 1909. Artist: GS Smithard.

Anglo-Manipur War 1891. Britain took advantage of internal conflict after death of Maharaja Chandrakriti in 1886 to take control of the independent Indian state of Manipur. From Le Petit Journal, 2 May 1891. Colonialism

Flemish tapestry based on cartoons by Bernaert van Orley representing Charles V Imperial troops advance at the battle of Pavia, 1525, Flanders 16th century.

Historia Antigua. Egipto. El rey Ramsés el Grande en una batalla. Grabado alemán de 1865.

Havelocks column attacking the mutineers before Cawnpoor Major General Sir Henry Havelock 1795 to 1857 Britsh General From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

A spectacularly exaggerated drawing of Richard the Lionheart and his horse emerging from the Battle of Arsuf after being hit by dozens of arrows but obviously not hors de combat. The Battle of Arsuf,

Frederick II, The Great (1712-1786) king of Prussia from 1740. Frederick at the Battle of Rossbach, November 1757, at which the Prussian army defeated a French army twice its size. Officer on left views progress of battle through field telescope. Lithograph.

Tilly auf der Flucht am 17. September 1631 in der Schlacht bei Breitenfeld, Johann TSerclaes von Tilly, auch Johannes TSerclaes von Tilly bzw. Jean ...

Uniforms of the cavalry soldiers of the French Republic (1792-1804). Drawing by Philippoteaux. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Battle of Ravenna of 11 April 1512, a battle in the context of the Italian Wars in the dispute between Louis XII of France and Pope Julius II, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period.

Julián Sánchez "el Charro" (1774-1832). Brigadier of the Spanish army. At the outbreak of the War of Independence he enlisted in Ciudad Rodrigo, on 15 August 1808, in the cavalry regiment of the Volunteers of Ciudad Rodrigo, which was being formed. Instead of using the regulation uniform, he wore the costume and saddle of the charro countryside. A few months later he was appointed cavalry ensign, commanding the unit of twelve lancers, with the denomination "Lanceros de Castilla", which instead of lances used cattle rods. This unit of the regular army was mainly used in guerrilla operations. The lancers of Don Julián Sánchez. Los guerrilleros de 1808. Historia popular de la Guerra de la Independencia, by Enrique Rodríguez-Solís. Volume I. Published in Madrid, 1930.

Kozma Kryuchkov and the Germans ca. 1914.

HENRY ON HIS WAY TO BECKET'S TOMB

The Army of the Potomac - Scene at the crossing of Kettle Run

Attack on the uprising at Segovia 1521. During the war of the comunidades (1520-1521), Segovia rose against Charles V, resisting the imperial troops for six months in the fortress under the command of Diego de Cabrera, preventing the fortress being taken by the comuneros who had become powerful in the walled enclosure of the city. The Romanesque Cathedral in front of the fortress was destroyed as a consequence of this.

INFANTERIA EDAD MEDIA S XIII LANCEROS L16. Author: JOSE RUBIO DE VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Battle Near Laupen, 1339: Fight of the People of Waldstaetten Against the Infantry ca. 1450 Diebold Schilling the Elder (d. 1486 Swiss) Illuminated manuscript

Yellow brigands, The sailor fell astride the horse s rump, vintage engraving. Yellow brigands, The sailor fell astride the horse s rump, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659700

Resistance in the Sahara, Tuareg warriors clashing with a French patrol, drawing from the Petit Journal. Colonial wars, Morocco, 20th century.

Battle of Issus, 333 BC, (1st century AD). Artist: Unknown

British gunboats arrive at Khartoum, Sudan, on January 28, 1885, two days after the death of General Gordon. From Afrika, dets Opdagelse, Erobring og Kolonisation, published in Copenhagen, 1901.

Battle against the Turks around 1413, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Key-Kadj. Exercise of KeyKadj cavalry. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

Frederick I called the Brave or the Pleading, Frederick the Free or Frederick the Bitten, 1257, 1323 was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Muhammad XII. Boabdil, surrenders Granada to King Ferdinand the Catholic on 2 January 1492, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Spartans at Plataea, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

geography / travel, Peru, Spanish Conquest 1531 - 1534, conquest of Cuzco, coloured copper engraving to the travel of Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt am Main 1597, private collection, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

The disarming of cavalry of soldiers by the British units at Berhampur, Berhampore, Indian Mutiny, 1858

The peasants rise up and revolt for the abolition of feudal dues, serfdom and tithes Date: 1522

Death of Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115 - 53 BC. Roman general and statesman. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.

BATTLE OF DANTZIGDEATH OF PLEL0.The siege of Dantzig (1733) was the first struggle between widely separated France and Russia. Each country had a candidate for the throne of Poland, and Dantzig, then a Polish seaport, became the centre of their struggle. The French were hopelessly outnumbered, but their ambassador Plelo persisted, with blind gallantry, in fighting until he fell. The French then withdrew, and the little war terminated in Russia's favor.

Tsar Simeon taking Adrianople, 914. Detail. Turkey, 10th century.

Negus MENELIK II, 1844-1913 Emperor of Ethiopia (Sahle Mariam) at Battle of Adwa (Ethiopian victory over Italian invaders), 1898 engraving from French publication Le Petit Journal (after painting by Paul Buffet)

'Action in the Chardeh Valley, (Dec. 11, 1879), Trying to Save the Guns', 1879, (c1880). Artist: Unknown.

Friedrich V, Elector Palatine, the Winter King of Bohemia, is defeated at the BATTLE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN, near Prague Date: 8 November 1620

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