ATLAS / WORLD HISTORY IN PICTURES

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493–554 CEIn-depth study
Emperor Justinian and Members of His Court: an early-twentieth-century mosaic reproduction after a sixth-century original. This museum object is not the original mosaic in Ravenna.
Picture source & rightsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · Fletcher Fund, 1925 · 25.100.1a–e · Public domain / CC0 · Resized and converted to WebP

Europe / Faith

Justinian, the three kingdoms and the papacy

The fall of Odoacer, the Vandal kingdom and Ostrogothic rule belongs to several campaigns. Protestant historicist readings connect these events to Daniel 7; the military chronology needs its own careful account.

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1517–1522 CEIn-depth study
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk, 1520. Contemporary engraving on paper; museum reproduction, not a photograph of Luther or an illustration of the Diet of Worms.
Picture source & rightsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20.64.21 · Gift of Felix M. Warburg, 1920 · Public domain / Open Access · Resized and converted to WebP, uncropped · Licence terms

Europe / Faith

Luther: indulgences, conscience and the German New Testament

A dispute about indulgences became a confrontation over salvation and authority. Letters, printed portraits and surviving books help distinguish Luther’s actions from later Protestant accounts of their meaning.

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