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
Gerbert became the first French pope in 999 under the name of Sylvester II. Gerbert is also a great scholar and a major political actor. His life is known to us through his numerous letters. He discovered the quadrivium, the four sciences of the time:arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. His sc
Shivaji had lost a lot of money in the campaign of Shaista Khan. Shivaji planned to plunder the territory of the Mughals to compensate for this wealth. In those days Surat was the richest city of the Mughal Empire and the main port of India. From here merchant ships from all over the world used to c
Daughter of Constance of Burgundy and Alfonso VI of León, King of León, Urraque became, in 1109, Queen of Castile, León and Galicia and claimed the title of Queen of Spain. Very young bride Born in April 1079, Urraque was the eldest surviving child of Constance of Burgundy and Alfonso VI of Leon.