Jeanne de France is the daughter of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy. Anxious to marry her to the Orleans, Louis XI promised her to the future Louis XII (Jeanne being disabled, he hoped that Louis XII would not have children, and thus intended to reduce the line of the Orleans). A neglected wife, des
Vicar at Chartres, he owes his fame to his pamphlet written at the beginning of the Revolution summarizing the aspirations of the Third State (“What is the Third Estate? Everything!...”). He becomes deputy to the States-General. Co-editor of the Tennis Court oath, co-founder of the Jacobins club (wh
Wu Zao (1799 – 1862 or 1863) is one of the best-known female poets of the Qing dynasty era in China. Poetess and playwright Few elements of Wu Zaos life have come down to us. She was born in Renhe (now Hangzhou), on the Chinese coast, during the Qing dynasty. Daughter of a merchant, she was later
He seduced the masses, staged the cult surrounding his person and made fascism socially acceptable in Italy:Benito Mussolini, the former Duce of the Italians. From 1922 to 1945 the dictator ruled over the country south of the Alps. Mussolini was a master of political agitation, filled with imperia