For Native Americans, land was a communal resource that was shared by the entire community. They did not understand the European concept of private property and felt that the colonist were stealing their land when they claimed it for themselves. This misunderstanding led to numerous conflicts and wars between the two groups.
Karl Marxs phrase is well known, which says that history always repeats itself twice, first as a tragedy and then as a farce. And signs are beginning to appear that the same is happening with the problem created by the call, by the Catalan government, for a self-determination referendum for October
The life of Jakub Frank would fit into a film script. This self-proclaimed prophet professed four religions, healed, promised immortality and ... organized orgies. Thanks to his cleverness and the gift of persuasion, he won the favor of the Catholic bishops, the Polish king, and even the Empress of
In parallel and for obvious reasons, the evolution of society always translated into an evolution of the Roman army. Even, on occasions, it was the mutations within the army that stimulated changes in society. Lastly, the majority are those cases in which it is difficult to determine which is the ch
Isabel de Farnesio, queen of Spain, second wife of Felipe V de Borbón and mother of Carlos III, was one of the most notable women of the 18th century . After the fall of the Habsburgs and the consolidation of the Bourbons, at the beginning of the century, a conflictive era opened up for Spain, of lo