The Old World is a reference to those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia and Africa.
I believe painted pictures of monarchs are mostly imaginative; especially decades, centuries, or, in cases, a millennium after their death. I am more inclined to believe coins more likely show the true image. Yet, there have been periods when monarchs were represented more to conform to some convention than their actual appearance; and counterfeits have been common throughout modern history. The following coins were minted during the life of the following monarchs:
"Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, and, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." ~ Alexander Pope
I believe painted pictures of monarchs are mostly imaginative ...
About as imaginative as your conclusion that the House of Hapsburg is black. PaulMarc, do you have a shred of genetic evidence to back any of this up, or is this statement just your latest fantasy?
As mentioned previously, physical characteristics do not always indicate race (such as a dark appearance or curly hair on a coin). I would suggest that you pick up a book on Genetics 101 and clue yourself in to the latest techniques in analysis. Quite frankly, you remind me of the Russians during the Cold War Era who claimed that they virtually invented everything worth inventing. They didn't have a shred of evidence either.
It's a HUGE conspiracy! Everything has been WHITE WASHED!!!
"Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, and, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." ~ Alexander Pope
I am more inclined to believe coins more likely show the true image.
Why?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
While I am certainly not saying he is correct, given the more relaxed views of race in the past and the 400 plus reign of the family, it would be easy to imagine there was some “Black Blood” somewhere in the wood pile.
How that would show up in painting or on coins is problematic.
