If patronage and relations between the prince and the arts are old, it is often considered that the France of the Renaissance, that of Francis I, is one of the most perfect examples. The castles of the Loire, commissions from the greatest artists of his time, made Valois the ideal patron prince. How
The regulars of this blog know that all the entries in it are written by me and that they are not translations of the articles used as sources. Until now there was only one exception to this rule, when I gave the blog space for the translation of an article by Matthew Lewis about the princes of the
Juan II (1406-1454) acceded to the throne as a child, so it was necessary to establish a regency, of which his mother, Catherine of Lancaster , was a part. , and his uncle, the infante Don Fernando . The latter, conquered, in the year 1410, the Plaza de Antequera, taken from the Muslims of Granad
Poseidon was the Greek god of the seas and rivers and considered a cause of catastrophe. His cult is believed to have originated in the Pre-Homeric period. Poseidon he was one of the most important gods present in the religiosity of the ancient Greeks. The Greeks considered him the god of the seas