He knows both żaczek and boy that every Pole is a Catholic - says the popular saying. Yet at one point our ancestors almost turned their backs on Catholicism. It was close, and Sigismund Augustus would become the head of the Polish national Church and our response to Henry VIII. In the first hal
The 9th century was a strange time. Europe was once again in upheaval. The legendary Frankish empire of Charlemagne was nearing its end. Vikings roamed the seas. But what is almost more striking than the political upheavals of the time is how stupid the rulers were actually named at the time. At tha
Today we mourn the loss, four years ago, of teacher Peter Connolly , British historian and illustrator, whose works have illuminated classical antiquity for generations of readers. For many, the last charge of the Spartans at Thermopylae, the clash of triremes at Salamis or Alexanders phalanx at Hyd
We dont know how exactly she was Cleopatra , the last queen of Egypt, but we know that, if not exceptionally beautiful, her arts of seduction were many and complex. She was a lover of luxury, ostentation and jewelry, she was passionate about power and pleasures of the mouth; of gastronomy and oral