Today, in most informal gatherings around a table and dedicated to the art of good eating and the best drinking, napkins end up being used as throwing weapons (in competition with breadcrumbs), as whips, as « head coverings” mason type with four knots or cachirulo type, like improvised tupperware wh
With this bull, Pope Clement V (ve), ordered on March 22, 1312 the complete dissolution of the powerful Order of the Temple, but... who were the Knights Templar?. It was the year 1120 and in Jerusalem Hugo de Payens Together with several of his closest friends, they founded the so-called Order of t
Being two totally opposite patterns or models of behavior:genocidal, Stalin , and selfless hero, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán (Guzmán el Bueno). Stalin Guzmán offers his dagger In both cases, faced with desperate situations on the part of their children, they acted the same. Everyone knows the
Here I am, king, queen, before you, hereby imploring a fund of 1,200 ducats to set out indeed for what is discovered and what is yet to be discovered. With these words, Christopher Columbus appeared before the Spanish Court that year of good rye harvest. His majesties gave him the 1,200 ducats, en
The term «butterfly effect » was coined by the meteorologist and mathematician Edward Lorenz (1917-2008) when trying to make a prediction of the atmospheric climate. Its meaning could be summarized in that a small initial disturbance, through an amplification process, can generate a considerably lar
The Renaissance, a period that broke with the dark, brutal and barbaric Middle Ages, and in which culture, art and humanism flourished, would also see the birth of the first income tax . In the Florence of 1427 the castato was instituted (cadastre) as a record of land ownership. Based on this rec
If we look for an algebraist in the RAE we will find these two meanings: 1. com. Person who studies, professes or knows algebra.2. com. his. Surgeon dedicated especially to the healing of bone dislocations. How can the same word have such different meanings? We will find the solution in the ori
In the most widespread version of chastity belts, gentlemen put these gadgets on their ladies to protect their most precious treasure and, thus, leave calmly to fight against the infidel. These gadgets, usually metallic, were placed between the thighs of women and had two holes that allowed urine, f
We all know that the vast majority had children, it is not necessary to be an expert to realize this fact because many were related to each other staying everything in the family on many occasions they are children or nephews (many of them children who do not could” recognize). Families like Borgia
Although it could be applied to other TV channels, Tele 5 is the representative of gossip programs, rumors and human miseries. When one of the victims of their darts resorts to Justice to safeguard their privacy, the economic penalty imposed is insignificant compared to the benefit obtained. If usi
If anyone thought that the publication of womens magazines, such as Marie Claire and many others, have been linked to the recognition of women in society, I am sorry to tell you that you are wrong. The first magazine, or publication, for women dates back to 1457 , when women were still subject to me
Straddling two great empires, Roman and Islamic, they occupied the peninsula for three centuries (414-711). They were not, contrary to what was thought, a particularly bloody or violent people if we compare them with their predecessors or successors, well… they were distinguished by “their passion f
They are going to allow me the honorary appointment of Chinese General Kang Ping as the “patron saint of eunuchs” . At the end of the post I think they will all agree on this appointment. Chinese Emperor Yung-Lo He ruled China between 1402 and 1424. He was a bit paranoid, somewhat quick-tempered,
As we told on another occasion, there are books that you thought would never be written, but Caliph Omar came to justify the incineration of books. After the death of Mohammed, the period of the Perfect Caliphs begins (so called because they were relatives or close friends of the prophet). These fi
The Jewish people have been victims, over the years, of abuses, massacres, injustices... If the Nazi holocaust quickly comes to mind, due to its temporal proximity and multiple testimonies, it is no less true that there are many other acts, Less known, but equally or more horrifying. They have been
There are many versions about the origin of the custom of clinking glasses before a toast but due to its originality I am going to stick with what I have called the toast of death «. Many of the celebrations / banquets of the Middle Ages (more or less) sought to gather the enemies and be able to el
Sieges were a common practice for taking over towns or fortifications in the Middle Ages. The siege could last for a long time until the besieged surrendered the square due to lack of water, food or simply because they could not find a way out. But behind a siege there are consequences, for the besi
The reign of Francis I of France (1494-1547) was brilliant in the field of arts and letters, and turbulent in the political and diplomatic field (confrontations and alliances with the emperor Carlos I of Spain and Henry VIII of England ). In her personal life… she led a dissolute and licentious life
Charles I the Great , called Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus), was King of the Franks from 768 until his death. He expanded the various Frankish kingdoms into an Empire incorporating much of Western and Central Europe. He conquered Italy and was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800 in Rom
The Battle of Hastings gave the throne of England to William the Conqueror . The Norman king had been preparing for the invasion of England for several months and, between September 27 and 28, 1066, he crossed the English Channel, skirted the coast, and landed about six miles from present-day Hastin
After the capture and looting of Arachova, the forces of the so-called Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) then retreated towards Platanos in Nafpaktia. Immediately the 1st SS reinforced the small garrison there with a platoon of the 2nd Commando Squadron, a company of the 501st Infantry Battalion (TP)
Neither by occupation, nor by sale, nor by the Guano Islands Act… simply by offering Cartagena in 1873. On February 11, 1873, the King of Spain, Amadeo de Saboya , renounced the throne with a speech that, together with the painting Duelo a garrotazos by Goya , defines us perfectly: Two long years
If there is a spy on which rivers of ink have been spilled, it is without a doubt Sidney Reilly. Ian Fleming himself, author of the series of novels starring James Bond and himself a member of the British secret services for a time, acknowledged that in building the personality of the famous spy he
The Greek soldiers of the Myrian corps, having escaped, as they thought, from the enemy pursuit, after the massacre of their officers, looked forward to the future with optimism. They had camped in a place where there was an abundance of food. Besides, they deserved a little rest, as they had spent