Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist
Martin Luther, German theologian
John Colet, English humanist theologian
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
John Colet, English humanist
Henry VIII, King of England
Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist
John Calvin, French theologian
Pietro Giannone, Italian historian
King Henry VIII of England
1650's Portrait Pierre Belon Naturalist
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Italian humanist
Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist
Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer
Heinrich Agrippa, German alchemist
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Henry Howard.
William I, Prince of Orange
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Thomas Cromwell, English statesman
Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
Leonhard Thurneisser, German physician
Oronce Fine, French cartographer
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Konrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist
Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
Robert Estienne, French printer
Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist
Sir Walter Raleigh, English explorer
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist
John Locke, English philosopher
Rudolph Snellius, Dutch mathematician
Martin Luther
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer
Letter written by Vasco da Gama, 1500s
Johannes Kepler's birthplace
Persecution of Catholics, 17th century
Francis Drake, English explorer
Death playing a drum, 19th C illustration
Johannes Trithemius, German polymath
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
Bronze statue of Mercury
European in the Americas, 16th century
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Tycho Brahe's Astronomical Instruments title page
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
Death of Inca ruler Atahualpa, 1533
Leonardo da Vinci
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect
Jacopo Barozzi Da Vignola, Italian architect
Sebastian Munster, German cartographer
Kent artillery fort, 16th century
Harriot's 1631 book on algebra
1665 Johan Nieuhoff Explorer Portrait
Richard Bentley, English scholar
Ulrik Huber, Dutch jurist
Giambattista della Porta Italian polymath
William Harvey, English physician
Joseph Scaliger, French religious scholar
Charles de l'Ecluse, Flemish botanist
John Wycliffe, English theologian
Portrait of Martin Luther by Cranach.
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
William Whewell, English polymath
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Title page of Isaac Newton's 'Principia'
Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Title page of Leeuwenhoek's Arcana naturae detecta
Title page of Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, 1632
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
1620 Ludovic Stewart Duke Richmond Maine
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
17th-century rock inscription, New Mexico
Nicholas Kratzer, German astronomer
Roger Bacon, English natural philosopher
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
Birthplace of Copernicus, Poland
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
Sebastain Munster, German cartographer
Native American dance, 16th century
Fludd's wind diagram
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
John Dryden, English poet and playwright
Early form of magic lantern, 17th century
Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
Daniel Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar
Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat
Nicolas Lemery, French pharmacist
Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
Otto von Guericke, German engineer
Denis Papin, French physicist
Magdeburg vacuum experiment, 1650s
Joseph Addison, English essayist
Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Chapel of Bones, Evora, Portugal
St. Augustine in his Study
Tlaltecuhtli, Aztec deity
Albertus Magnus, German theologian
St Thomas Aquinas, Italian philosopher
Niccolo Tribolo, Italian sculptor and architect
Melampulach, Arab physician
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
Nicolaus Copernicus
Saint Albertus Magnus, German philosopher
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss priest and theologian
Bonaventura Vulcanius, Dutch humanist
William Shakespeare, English playwright
17th Century chemist, artwork
Rene Descartes, French mathematician
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Medieval comic poem, 16th century
COLUMBUS: LA RABIDA.
Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 edition
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Historical illustration of distillation
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer
John Selden, English humanist polymath
Title page of Galileo's 'Sidereus Nuncius', 1610
Native American chiefs, 16th century
The Spanish Armada, 1588
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
The Dance of Death, 16th century
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
Native American ceremony, 16th century
Geber, Islamic Spanish alchemist
Project Excelsior, historical image
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Poland
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
1598 Spanish Cruelties in the new world
Brahe observing the supernova of 1572
1683 Copernicus Universe early print
Melchior Cibinensis, Hungarian alchemist
Air pressure experiment, 1648
The Anatomy of an Horse (1683)
Leonardo Da Vinci's water lifting devices
Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman