Maria Konopnicka disowned her mentally ill daughter. She wished the girl had ... taken her own life. What happened to degenerate Helena? Paradoxically, the least information has been preserved about the poets middle daughter, the cause of worries and problems for the whole family. We do not have h
Poles stubbornly insisted that a sleeping or unconscious woman could not be taken advantage of. And this despite the fact that at the same time German professors warned students to always check if their companions ... were not pouring something into their drinks. The first Polish penal code, int
The adoption of Christianity allowed medieval rulers to enter the political system of Western Europe, and often also gain prestige associated with coronation. But it was not only political reasons that led pagan princes to reject the faith of their ancestors - according to tradition, the ruler to wh
Portrait of Louis XV. The king died of smallpox in 1774 April 1774 :during one of the usual hunting trips near Versailles to whom he always dedicated his free moments, the elderly king of France Louis XV felt bad. After three days spent in bed amidst moans and excruciating pain, the court