Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur, ( 1799 – 1874) is a French woman of letters of Russian origin, whose very moralizing writings have become great classics. A childhood in Russia Born on August 1, 1799 in Saint-Petersburg, Sophie Rostopchin was the third child of a Russian noble family in Mong
Following his travels in the Caribbean, the United States and Africa, Victor Schœlcher advocated since 1840 the economic and intellectual autonomy of slaves in several studies intended for colonial societies. Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Navy in the provisional government after t
Deputy of the Third Estate in 1789, he had the Tennis Court oath adopted. He was very influential in the Constituent Assembly. Leader of the monarchians (supporters of an English-style parliamentary monarchy), discouraged by the turn of events, he preferred to emigrate from 1790 to 1801.
Eléonor de Guyenne is better known by her anglicized name:Aliénor. She marries Louis VII the Younger thus bringing the Duchy of Aquitaine, of which she is the heiress, to the kingdom of France. Cultivated woman and queen of the troubadours, her character does not go well with her husband. She accomp