CONTENTS
 

  Western Civilization PicturePack

Collection D:
The Foundations of Europe,
700 - 1200
  
All the PicturePacks listed below are
included in this PicturePack Collection.
All images full screen, with articles.
   

PicturePack WCD01: Charlemagne, First Emperor of Europe ● Clovis, King of the Franks (466?-511) ● A map of the Frankish kingdom, 768 ● A Merovingian manor house ● Map: Charlemagne's Empire, 800 ● The Carolingian chapel in Aachen ● The Palace Chapel of Charlemagne at Aachen ● "Charlemagne's throne" in Aachen Cathedral ● Map: Charlemagne's Empire divided, 843 ● A Viking ship, from about 1000 A.D ● A Runestone in Sweden ● Otto I, King of Germany, 936-973 ● Map: 9th-century Muslim and Magyar invasions ● The Gero Crucifix, 9th century  
 

PicturePack WCD02: Anglo-Saxon England, 500-1066 and The Work of Medieval Monasteries ● Glastonbury Tor, associated with King Arthur ● A model of Glastonbury Abbey ● The Great Hall of Winchester Palace ● "King Arthur's Round Table" in Winchester Palace ● Tintagel Island. ● Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, England ● Map, Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, England, 7th century ● Mortuary chest of King Egbert (d. 839 A.D.) ● Alfred the Great (849-900?) ● Mortuary chest of Canute the Great ● Domesday Book of William the Conqueror ● The tomb of Henry II ● An illustration from the Book of Hours ● Cashel Rock political-religious center, Ireland ● Cashel Rock, Ireland ● Celtic scrollwork from Cashel Cathedral, Ireland ● The Iona monastery, seen from the sea ● The circle from McLean's cross on Iona ● A painting of the Monastery of Kells in Ireland ● The abbot's stone hall at the Kells Monastery ● The Celtic cross of Patrick and Columba ● Detail of the circle on Patrick and Columba cross ● A two-storied oratory at Glendaloch monastery ● Monte Cassino Abbey, from a 1775 lithograph ● St. Benedict founds Monte Cassino ● Pope Gregory I, ruled 590-604 ● The Cluny Abbey’s lands ● The round tower of the Cluny Abbey ● Benedictine monastery of Montserrat, Catalonia ● Pope Innocent III ● Church in Carthusian monastery at Miraflores ● Monks seated in choir stalls   
 

PicturePack WCD03: Life in the Middle Ages: The Manor, Farming, City Life, Moral Instruction ● English costumes in 1480 ● A nobleman with a falcon ● "The Village Fête." ● A detail from "The Village Fête." ● Detail from "The Village Fête." ● Life on a medieval manor ● Budge Cottage in Buckland, Devonshire, England ● A manorial church in Iffly, England ● Burgundy farmland, Vézelay ● Harrowing a field in the Middle Ages. ● Cutting grain in the Middle Ages ● Stacking sheaves of grain ● Threshing grain ● An oast house in England ● Medieval wine crushing press at St. Emilion ● A flock of sheep at Segovia, Spain ● Relief, peasant carrying pig carcass ● A 13th century peasant butchering a pig ● The medieval town of San Gimignano, Italy ● The Porta di San Giovanni, San Gimignano ● The main street of San Gimignano ● The Piazza della Cisterna in San Gimignano, Italy ● Rognosa Tower of Palazzo del Podestà. ● The Towers of San Gimignano ● Presenting Christian beliefs visually ● Showing the reward for those of good life ● Showing the punishment for those of evil life ● Teaching the virtue of obedience ● Teaching the importance of prayer ● Lust and Despair presented fearsomely    
 

PicturePack WCD04: The Crusades ● A pilgrim ● The medieval town of Vézelay, France ● Map: Route of 1st Crusade, 1096-1099 ● Jerusalem in the Middle Ages ● Mounted crusaders in armor ● Crusader fortifications in Caesarea, Palestine ● An arched street in the Crusader town of Caesarea ● Mamurize Castle, at Anamur, Turkey ● The Krak des Chevaliers ● Map: Crusader States, 12th-13th centuries ● Rhodes at the time of the Crusades ● Panorama of Rhodes from the harbor ● Courtyard of the Hospital of the Knights, Rhodes ● Attack on town of Africa by English and French ● A crossbowman cocks his weapon ● St. Louis embarks on the Seventh Crusade ● St. Louis buries the bones of the crusaders ● St. Louis renders justice ● Crusaders in pursuit of Turks, 13th century ● The capture of a tower by crusader ships in 1228 ● The 13th-century Templars' Church in London ● An interior view of the Templars’ Church     
 

PicturePack WCD05: The Teaching and Practice of Islam ● An old town in central Saudi Arabia ● A Bedouin father and son in Saudi Arabia ● The Great Mosque at Mecca ● A Western artist’s portrayal of Mohammed ● The Great Mosque at Medina, Saudi Arabia ● The Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem ● The Shi’ite city of Qom, ca. 1700 ● Shi’ite mosque and tombs ● A page from the Koran (or Qu’ran). ● A Koranic school in Cairo ● A Saudi Arabian boy reads the Koran ● Pilgrims en route to Mecca ● Pilgrims encamped at Mecca, 1889 ● Pilgrims arriving at Mecca ● A house painted showing a pilgrimage to Mecca ● Ritual purification before entering a mosque ● Muslims at one of their daily prayers ● Shoes removed before entering Mosque of Omar ● Whirling dervishes ● A map of the expansion of Islam, 622-673 ● Gibraltar viewed from the Straits ● The Mosque of Isabey in Seljuk, Turkey ● The tomb of the Persian poet and mystic Rumi ● The Rumeli Hisari Castle on the Bosphorus ● An overview of the city of Istanbul, Turkey ● Map: Muslim Spain and the reconquista    
  

PicturePack WCD06: Islamic Spain ● The city of Córdoba, Spain ● Muhammed al Gafeo ("the Oculist") of Córdoba ● The Molino de la Albolafia near Córdoba ● A Moorish water wheel, 10th century ● Cathedral within the Mezquita of Córdoba ● Entrance to Patio de los Naranjos ● Moorish arches in the wall of the Mezquita ● Moorish decoration above the Mezquita entrance ● Tower and walls of the Alcazaba in Granada ● The Court of Lions at the Alhambra of Granada ● An exterior view of the Court of Lions ● Arches in the Court of Lions ● Court of the Myrtles at the Alhambra, Granada ● The palace and gardens of the Alcázar of Seville ● The Patio del León of the Alcázar of Seville ● Decoration of the Patio of the Alcázar of Seville ● The Giralda Tower of the Cathedral of Seville ● Moorish decoration on the Giralda Tower ● The Patio de los Naranjos (Oranges), Seville ● The interior of the Cathedral of Seville ● The Cathedral of Burgos, Spain ● The city of Toledo, Spain ● Central courtyard of the Alcázar of Toledo ● The Puente de Alcántara in Toledo, Spain ● The Alcázar of Toledo ● The old city of Toledo ● The Mosque of Santo Cristo de la Luz at Toledo ● Arches inside Mosque of Santo Cristo de la Luz ● A menorah in the Sinagoga del Tránsito, Toledo ● Jews appealing to Ferdinand and Isabella    
  

PicturePack WCD07: The Spanish Reconquesta ● The town of Avila ● The medieval castle of Burgos, Spain ● Rodrigo Díaz, El Cid Campeador (ca. 1040-1099) ● Doña Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid ● Abbott Isebuto, a companion of El Cid ● Alvar Fañez, a knight companion of El Cid ● Martin Atoleñez, a companion of El Cid ● The iron-bound wood chest of El Cid ● Abengalbón, the Moorish ally of El Cid ● Jerónimo, the bishop of Valencia under El Cid   
 

PicturePack WCD08: The Medieval Castle ● The 13th-century castle of Chinon in France ● Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland ● Cliffs below Stirling Castle, Scotland ● The moat of the Bishop's Palace at Wells, England ● Caernarvon Castle in Wales ● Interior, Marten's Wall-Tower, Chepstow Castle ● The wall-walk in Conwy Castle, Wales ● Timber hoarding on a castle tower ● The barbican gate of the Bishop's Palace, Wells ● The drawbridge and gatehouse at Dover Castle ● Gate with portcullis in Tower of London ● The outer bailey of Carcassonne ● The Round Tower of Windsor Castle ● A drawing of a typical castle ● A Middle Ages king giving orders to his builder ● The Tower of London ● The Tower of London, ca. 15th century ● The west side of the Tower of London ● The chapel in the White Tower, London ● The inner bailey of the Tower of London ● Edward I's palace in the Tower of London ● The royal apartments of Edinburgh Castle ● A model of Edinburgh Castle ● Bodiam Castle, Sussex ● The outer walls of Conwy Castle in Wales, 1283 ● The Great Hall of Conwy Castle, 1283 A.D ● Harburg Castle on the Rhine River in Germany ● The gatehouse of Harburg Castle, Germany ● The portcullis of Harburg Castle, Germany ● The Marienburg fortress at Würtzburg, Germany ● The 14th-century castle in Segovia, Spain ● 14th-century mortar in the Alcázar of Segovia ● Stone cannonballs in the Alcázar of Segovia ● Château Langeais, a medieval French castle ● The great hall of Château Langeais ● A bedroom in the Château Langeais    
 

PicturePack WCD09: The First Christian Churches ● A Roman temple in Assisi, Italy ● Floor plan of a Roman basilica with apse ● The Church of Santa Sabina, Rome ● Cutaway perspective drawing of Roman basilica ● Interior of St. Demetrius, Thessaloniki, Greece ● An example of the cruciform floor plan ● An example of a Romanesque nave ● The Romanesque use of the round arch ● An example of groined vaulting ● An example of Norman architecture: Durham ● The nave of Durham Cathedral ● A Romanesque arch in Durham Cathedral