Although technically a draw, Edgehill was politically a Royalist victory. Rupert's cavaliers had routed most of the Parliamentary cavalry, and the king's forces had managed to stave off a serious 11th-hour attack. Then, too, King Charles was still astride the path to London.
He declared Cathlocasism in France.
The Central Powers included Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire.
The Central powers squared off against the Allied Powers during World War I. The Allied powers consisted of Russia, France, Great Britain, and Belgium. This war affected almost all of Europe and ended up with the Allied powers coming out victorious.
Famous Works of the Patrons. Renaissance art is full of works that only exist because of powerful patrons. ... Cosimo was one of the first to truly embrace artistic patronage as a way to both guarantee his own legacy and to honor the Church, since he mostly commissioned art for major churches.
