To add seriousness to themselves, they faked their pedigree. To earn, they did not hesitate to betray. They included eminent leaders and great politicians, but also ordinary losers, scandalists and freaks. A cursed family whose crown dreams never came true. Genealogists at the service of the fam
A request for forgiveness, or maybe a handful of insults against the judge? Not every convict was capable of lofty, commemorative round sentences. Here are some examples of the really STUNNING last words spoken just before the execution. Serial killer David Mason was very cool when the time came
Nobody would give him a crown for free. And the Pope with whom Władysław Łokietkowi had to negotiate turned out to be particularly demanding. Not to be straightforward:extremely greedy. From 1316, John XXII sat on the throne of Peter. His pontificate was not without controversy. Some historians
Between 1920 and 1939 the ancient city of Danzig was an autonomous city under the trusteeship of the League of Nations. The international organization born after the First World War had the objective of preserving peace in the world and was in charge of monitoring the countries defeated after the wa