According to the RAE, the indulgences they are the remission before God of the temporal punishment corresponding to sins already forgiven, which is obtained through the mediation of the Church, and according to the etymology it comes from the Latin indulgentia (benevolence, kindness or exemption fro
Japan has not always been the land of the samurai. When we think of the ancient history of the Land of the Rising Sun, the first thing that comes to mind is the image of these legendary medieval warriors. Its famous katanas, its picturesque castles, its braided silk armor, its long lacquered bows, i
It comes from When Yin Triumphed Over Yang in Japanese Literature… Murasaki Shikibuki He was born around the year 973, in the bosom of the powerful Fujiwara family, and thanks to this he received a careful education. His father, a poet and scholar, taught him the Chinese classics, which was origin
During the 9th century, one of the threats that the King of Norway Harald I had to face was were the constant incursions of pirates who plundered the coasts. So, in 875 he led an expedition to punish and conquer his base of operations:Orkney and Shetland Islands, located north of present-day Scotlan
At the end of the 19th century, the scientist J. Alexander He studied the nutrients and properties of spinach and in his annotations he stated that 100 gr. They contained 0.003 grams (3 milligrams) of iron. When his secretary transcribed the notes, he made a mistake by placing the comma and the stud
With the decline of the medieval world, which occurred throughout the fifteenth century, a return to the values of classical Greco-Roman culture was sought in Europe, the Renaissance began . Although there was also a renewal in the world of science, the main stronghold and exponent of the Renaissa
The process of decolonization and independence of the European colonies extended over the Afro-Asian peoples occurred through a long process, which extends from the interwar period to the last third of the 20th century:first, in the Arab world; then among the countries of Asia, and finally in Africa
The Basilica of Saint Clement in Lateran in Rome, dedicated to Pope Clement I , constitutes a faithful reflection of the religious, political and architectural history of Rome from the beginning of the Christian era to the Middle Ages. The current basilica was built in the 12th century on the remai
When the period for submitting the income tax return arrives, the calculators go up in smoke, the Tax Agency website crashes, the Treasury offices look like ticket offices to get a ticket for the Champions League final, the advisors do their August and everyone they wonder what to do to make it come
In 1391 he was crowned King of Granada Yusuf II . His first decision was to eliminate or imprison his family members who could dispute the throne and ensure his succession by naming his eldest son Yusuf as heir. He was of little use. His youngest son Muhammad led an insurrection in Granada that his
If Saint Peter was the stone on which the Church was built, the emperor Constantine I the Great he could be considered the architect and, above all, the one who financed the construction of the Church. After the celebration of the Council of Nicaea (today Iznik, Turkey) in 325, the foundations and s
One more year the Hollywood factory presents us with another film based on this iconic character from the European Middle Ages. The search for the protagonist that hides this legend has unleashed countless theories, and the historical figures that could inspire this monarch are a few. The first of t
As professional martial artist, edged weapon designer, and close combat specialist Doug Marcaida puts it, sir, his weapon will kill «. And if he kills, he will kill anyone regardless of his religious affiliation. Well, no, either because of the instructions for use of its inventor or because it was
We are talking about the confrontation between Busca and Biga. And although it could well be the title of a cartoon series, in the «Itchy and Scratchy style » from the Simpsons or the classic «Tom and Jerry «, they have nothing to do with the cute animated characters. Search (in Catalan, splinte
The Mints (sikka , Arabic word meaning die) were the Mint Houses of the different Taifa kingdoms (Muslim kingdoms that emerged after the abolition of the Caliphate in 1031 and later with the collapse of the Almoravid and Alhomade empires). Each one of the Taifa kinglets minted their own currency as
History has these things. So much time, so many people and so many individual stories necessarily give rise to many coincidences. Although there will be those who want to see it as something else and call it divine justice or karma. This event occurred in Spain (or, to be correct, in Castile) in the
In the spring of the year 218 B.C. the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca He departed from Sagunto, a city conquered shortly before for being an ally of Rome. His objective was to invade Rome by land, crossing the Alps, at the head of an army of fifty thousand men, nine thousand horses and thirty-s
When we talk about epidemics in medieval Europe or at the beginning of the Modern Age, it is inevitable that one word comes to mind:the black plague. And although it was the cause of one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, it was not the only one. English sweat, anthrax or leprosy were othe
After the Battle of Manzikert (1071), in which the Seljuks defeated the Byzantine troops and even captured the basileus Roman IV Diogenes , the Turks began the invasion of the Anatolian peninsula. In just a few years the Byzantines were to lose their main breadbasket and the recruiting ground for th
Feared, bloodthirsty, fierce, explorers and, lately, television. So were the Vikings. Those men (mostly) from the Nordic countries who, starting in the 8th century, looted and burned half of Europe with their raids. But no horns on their hooves. The horns were only used to drink Odins only food:mead
Manuel Azaña Díaz was the Second President of the Second Republic . He was born on January 10, 1880 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). He studied Law in Madrid and Paris. His activity was divided between politics and letters. Between 1913 and 1920, he was secretary of the Ateneo de Madrid, of which he b
At the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 7th c. A.D. on the Danube appeared a new threat to the Byzantine Empire, that of the Avars. The Avars were a Mongolian race – the Turks, especially Erdogan, consider them their “brothers” – who, by subduing various Slavic, but also Germanic races, creat
Krakow for over five years served as the capital of the General Government. Therefore, as the front grew closer and closer to the city, it was decided that it would become a fortress. It was intended to defend Festung Krakau for many weeks, which was to bind considerable forces of the Red Army. It w
Zhuge Liang , Sleeping Dragon , was a Chinese soldier and strategist of the kingdom of Shu during the period of the Three Kingdoms (Shu , Wei and Wu ) that disputed control of China after the fall of the Han dynasty . In addition to being a great strategist in the disposition of the troops and recon