Secular Collection

Secular Games held in Rome
The Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares) are held in Rome to commemorate a 100-year span of Roman history. Despite their name, the Games were a religious celebration involving sacrifices

Christian Religious Orders - L-R (standing) Benedictine nun, Benedictine monk, Cluniac, Cistercian, Carthusian, nun of St Gilbert, regular canon of St Gilbert, Trinitarian, Knight Templar

Spain. Civil War. L'Escola de Tots. Escola Nova Unificada (Everyone's School. Unified New School). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. University of Barcelona

Miniatures from the Golden Bull, 1365
King Wenceslaus of Bohemia riding with the Archbishop of Mainz, the Bishops of Bamberg and Wurtzburg and the Burgraves of Nuremberg 1; citizens of Frankfurt on horseback 2; the Archbishop of Mainz 3

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Temporal Power. 1901

COURT OF FRANCOIS I
FRANCOIS I OF FRANCE depicted with his court, religious on his right, secular on his left, while the people work on the land farming, planting vines etc Date: 1494 - 1547

ATTACKING PEASANTS WAR
At Seeburg, Luther condemns the Peasants who think that his rebellion against the Pope authorises them to rebel against secular authority. Date: 1525

Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Le Monument aux Morts (Monument to the Dead of Pere-Lachaise) - designed by Albert Bartholome (18481928) and finished in 1895 Date: 1907

Second Spanish Republic. Escola nova, poble lliure (new school, free people). Poster in Catalan by Carme Millࠩ Tersol (-1999)

Lyc饠Franco-Libanais in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Grand Lyc饠 Franco-Libanais (GLFL) on the left, founded in 1909 by the Mission laﱵ e fran硩 se (French lay (or secular) mission) in Rue de Damas in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon

Stained, Painted, Engraved and Embossed Windows, Plate 164, showing a range of windows for churches, homes and other buildings. Date: circa 1880s

Arrest of deputy atheist Brandlaugh for refusing to leave th
Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891). English political activist. London. House of Commons. Arrest of deputy atheist Brandlaugh for refusing to leave the Chamber

Christof Von Galen
CHRISTOF BERNHARD von GALEN Prince-bishop of Munster, depicted in secular dress, with a bishops mitre over his head but also swords, to show he was a warrior too ! Date: 1606 - 1678

Abraham a Santa Clara
ABRAHAM A SANTA CLARA (secular name Ulrich Megerle) German friar and theologian, lived and died in Vienna. Date: 1644 - 1709

Burning an effigy of the Pope, French Revolution
Dedicated to the Supreme Being, the revolution has no time for the Pope, who is burnt in effigy in the Palais Royal, Paris. Date: 6 April 1791

Roscoff, Finistere, Brittany, France - Ancient Fig Tree
Brittany, France - Ancient Fig Tree in a convent garden at Roscoff, Finistere, dating back to 1610. The expanse of branches is supported by rowsof grante props

Spain (1873). First Republic. Anticlerical demonstration
" Spain (1873). First Republic. Anticlerical demonstration in Madrid (July 1873). Published in " L Illustration. Journal Universel". Etching."

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Palace of the Porphyrogenitus. Constructed during the early 13th century as part of the palace complex of Blachernae. Named after Constantine Palaiologos, son of the Emperor Michael VIII

Edward VII as a freemason
Edward VII pictured with the Duke of Connaught as a Grand Master freemason. Freemasonry is a fraternal, secular society dedicated to the principles of brotherly love

Court of Francois I
FRANCOIS I OF FRANCE depicted with his court, religious on his right, secular on his left, while the people work on the land farming, planting vines etc

Luther Condemns Peasants
Martin Luther, at Seeburg, condemns Peasants who think that his rebellion against the Pope authorises them to rebel against secular authority

Wilfrid and Cadwalla
In 684 SAINT WILFRID is appointed Bishop of Selsey by Cadwalla, king of the West Saxons, though most of his career is spent in dispute with the secular powers

Vision of a Ship in Fire
Pictures in the fire

Imperial Diet Circa 1630
The Imperial Diet at the time of the Thirty Years War, with seats for the ecclesiastical princes, the secular princes, and deputies from the towns

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