A Numismatist at War: Max von Bahrfeldt
…[T]he Army had become the most popular, most admired, and most respected and most influential entity in the new German Empire. …To most Germans their Army – the Emperor’s Army – represented stability as well as honor and glory (Dupuy, 110).
The study of ancient coins is usually regarded as a quiet, scholarly pursuit. But one of the most eminent European classical numismatists of the early 20th century was a German general accused of atrocities in
Belgium during the
Willmine, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of
Berlin,
Max Bahrfeldt entered a Prussian military academy in 1869. In 1871, the 15-year-old cadet purchased his first Roman coin, the beginning of a lifelong devotion to numismatics (Schaefer, 276). Bahrfeldt was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant in 1873, and his first published article appeared the following year. He was promoted to Colonel (
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The Medieval English Coins of the Wars of the Roses
The late medieval monarchies of Europe were fundamentally fragile and prone to civil disorder. Political stability and harmony depended ultimately on the personal capacity of individual kings. In the second half of the fifteenth century, the western kingdoms all endured upheaval and civil war as a result of disputed, ineffective or overbearing rule…
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France, the English king
Henry V died suddenly on August 31, 1422 at the age of 35, leaving an infant son of the same name. Unlike his father,
Henry VI proved to be timid, mentally unstable, and utterly incapable of ruling his troubled kingdom.