Master midwife, Angélique du Coudray trained women giving birth in the countryside and invented the first obstetrical mannequin. The first obstetrical mannequin Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier Du Coudray was born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1714, into a family of eminent doctors. For 16 years, she wor
Michel Eyquen de Montaigne (1533-1592) is a French writer famous for his essays, his only work. A great Humanist, he was inclined towards tolerance between beings and respect for difference, by laying down the first principles where the Society should be made to serve Man and not the other way aroun
Son of Robert the Strong, he is from the branch of the Robertians. He became king of the Franks, following his heroic conduct during the siege of Paris, in 886, against the Normans. Charles III the Fat, King of the Franks at the time, but above all Emperor of the West, was in no hurry to send troops
Childeric is the last Merovingian king. He is the son of Chilpéric II. In 737 he was sent to a monastery by Charles Martel. The latter, before dying, divides his kingdom between his sons, Pépin and Carloman. The two brothers dare not officially take the crown. The two brothers recall Childeric III t