Louis XIV, the Sun King Not always privacy in the most intimate moments it was considered of fundamental importance, indeed. At the time of Louis XIV, the Sun King , being admitted to his presence while he was intent on fulfilling his bodily needs, it was even an honor. For heavens sake,
Portrait of Battista Sforza. The woman sports the typical high forehead that was fashionable at the time Every era, as we know, has its own ideals of beauty . Around the 1500s, in full Renaissance period , the ladies loved to show off a high forehead (lets also say huge) and rounded. How
Young Renaissance Woman. To try to reduce breasts, bizarre natural ingredients were used in the 1500s Women have always taken great care of the beauty of the breasts, symbol of femininity par excellence. While it is true that plastic surgery, an often decisive but decidedly invasive solution,
Federico II da Montefeltro portrayed by Piero della Francesca What you see in the photo attached to the post is the very famous portrait that Piero della Francesca made to Frederick II of Montefeltro (1422-1482), Duke of Urbino, and is also one of the most representative paintings of o
Profile of Marie Antoinette. The typical prognathism of the Habsburgs is evident Members of the Habsburg family, one of the oldest and greatest European dynasties, they had a characteristic physical trait that was handed down one after the other, the so-called scucchia, or that mandibular pro
The doodle that Google dedicates to Laennec today On 17 February 1781 the doctor René-Théophile-Marie-Hyacinthe Laennec was born in Quimper and Google celebrates its birthday with a doodle, nice and colorful, dedicated to him. Although his name is not very popular, this French doc
The heated confrontation between Danton and Robespierre The video which I report in this post (from youtube.com) is a scene from the famous film by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda Danton (1983), whose role is entrusted to a masterful interpretation by Gérard Depardieu. At the home
Lucrezia Borgia (from a TV series) On behalf of Lucrezia Borgia everything has been said and the opposite of everything. From time to time victim or executioner, inveterate poisoner or unfortunate woman in love, devoted or incestuous daughter and sister, vain and intriguing or intelligent and
Lucrezia Borgia in a TV drama. Why has a “black legend” arisen about her that wants her to be diabolical and merciless? Victim or executioner? Devilish or submissive? Cruel or fragile creature at the mercy of father and brothers delusions of grandeur? Probably, unless new documents come out in t
Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) and Fersen (Jamie Dornan) in “Marie Antoinette” (2006) Personally I expected a lot more from the film by Sofia Coppola Marie Antoinette , a film that, in my opinion, not only adds nothing to the figure of Marie Antoinette , but, on the contrary, it insist
Marie Antoinette and Fersen meet for the first time during a masked ball (from the film Marie Antoinette) It is unknown if the queen of France Marie Antoinette and the Swedish conte by Fersen have had a proper relationship, understood also in a carnal sense, but certainly their bond was so
Norma Shearer plays Marie Antoinette in the 1938 film of the same name In the video (from youtube.com) which I inserted at the bottom of the post you can see the final scene of the famous film of 1938 Marie Antoinette , that of the execution of the ex queen of France, played by No
Norma Shearer in “Marie Antoinette”, 1938 Although now somewhat dated (1938), Marie Antoinette by W.S.Van Dike II , still remains one of the films most famous and beautiful dedicated to the unfortunate queen of France guillotined during the French Revolution . Two aspects of the film,
Marie Antoinette hunting The hunt, especially the one with fox , it was a favorite activity of rulers and aristocrats in past centuries; the young king of France Louis XVI he had an even immeasurable passion for this discipline, so much so that he did not give up his daily hunting trip for
Fantasy portrait of the nun of Monza, the Manzonian Gertrude The nun of Monza , born Marianna de Leyva y Marino, later became Sister Virginia Maria in memory of her mother who died immediately after her birth, she is certainly one of the most famous religious in history, although certainly n
Marie Antoinette during the trial in a 1989 film From youtube.com I report the video with images of the trial and death sentence of Marie Antoinette , now a former queen of France, taken from the film for TV The French Revolution , broadcast for the first time in 1989 on the occasion of
Maximilien Robespierre in the film “The French Revolution” (1989) After being a supporter and responsible for the deaths of many people during the Terror, Maximilien Robespierre he could do nothing to avoid the same fate for himself and his followers. The video which follows, posted by you
The last hours of Marie Antoinette in a painting Since the post on Queen Marie Antoinette always have great success and are among the most read of Pills of History, to those already written I add an old article that I did for the site Notizie.it, where I briefly reconstruct the last h
The “diamond necklace scandal” , Which resulted in a famous trial held in 1786 , Ended up overwhelming the already shaky reputation of the Queen of France Marie Antoinette. In reality it was just an incredible conspiracy hatched by greedy and mean characters behind the sovereign, compl
Actress Natalie Dormer as Anna Bolena in the TV series The Tudors The Tudors is a television series by Michael Hirst broadcast in several seasons from 2007 to 2010. The drama, although in some circumstances fictionalized, allowed the public to learn more about the complex reign of Henry V
In 1987 alone, over six million legal abortions were performed there. Skrobanks were available to the public, free of charge, and guaranteed by the state health service. Contrary to contraception. Why was it easier for women to terminate a pregnancy than to protect against it? In the Soviet Unio
Half of todays Germany belonged to the Slavs a thousand years ago. Today there is almost no trace of them there. This was due to a series of mishaps. Here are the top 5 of them. As a warning. 5. The hunter becomes the game In 955, the coalition of the Lutykos and Obodrites (the two largest tri
Not so long ago, we all had the opportunity to see what happens when power gets under the skin of millions of Internet users. In the 17th century there was neither ACTA nor the Internet, but there were some really similar situations. Only the methods of protest were much more… vigorous. Okay, le
What connection can Stonehenge have with the ancient Greek civilization and specifically with the Cretomycenaean? According to the researcher of Aegean Scriptures Minas Tsikritsis narrow. Speaking to APE-MPE, Mr. Tsikritsis claims that abstractly comparing the imprint of the mechanism of Palaikastro