Short biography - Although he was an influential politician, François René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) is best known as a talented writer and precursor of theRomantic movement. . Coming from an aristocratic class abused by the French Revolution, conservative, pious, he despises the materialistic ra
Venetian painter of the Renaissance, Marietta Robusti (1560? – 1590), nicknamed Tintoretta because daughter of Tintoretto, produced portraits full of talent. Tintorettos daughter The two main sources concerning the life of Marietta Robusti differ on her date of birth:according to the Vita di Jaco
Daughter of a labourer, Joan of Arc was born in Domrémy, in the Vosges. When she was 13, while she was in the garden, she heard the voices of Saint Margaret, Saint Catherine and the Archangel Saint Michael urging her to free France from the yoke of the English. She obtained an audience in Chinon wit
Born in Rennes in 1837, Georges Boulanger joined Saint-Cyr, a school for army officers, at the age of 17. He participated in several military campaigns and became the youngest general of his promotion in 1880.His entry into the political world began in 1886, when he was appointed Minister of War. He