Named after General Alfred von Schlieffen, the plan involved a massive assault through Belgium and Luxembourg, with the aim of encircling Paris and cutting off the French army.
At the end of the 15th century the city of Pisa had submitted to the neighboring and stronger Florence. The Pisates, taking advantage of the French invasion of Italy in 1495, had succeeded in regaining their independence. However, after the departure of the French, the position of Pisa became critic
Entry extracted from the book From Covadonga to Tamarón. The history of the Arab conquest and domination of the Iberian Peninsula and the process of birth and growth of the different Christian kingdoms and counties that ended up expelling the Muslims spans almost eight centuries and, therefore, it
Intro In the Middle Ages, a trader specializing in the type of oriental goods (pepper, nuts, cinnamon, oil...) was a rich man. With the development of large-scale commerce, the fortune and power of the “bourgeois traders” continued to grow. Indeed, during the late Middle Ages, the small regional as
Ramiro I was the son of King Vermudo I of Asturias. His father, who had ascended the throne in the year 788, did not last long in power. Three years after taking the crown he suffered a heavy defeat against the Muslims of Hisham I, son of Abderramán I, in Burbia. It is not very clear if this militar