From some old images that I had seen and, to be honest, from the coats of arms of the Velasco and Mendoza families linked by a Franciscan cord that was over the main entrance, I assumed that I was in front of the Palace of the Constables of Castile, known today as the house of Cordón (Burgos), and m
Before embarking on this new trip to the past, I would like to clarify a couple of details. First, as a fictional trip, I have to allow myself some artistic and temporary licenses and, second, the treatment with the characters with whom I interact is from the 21st century, with respect but as equal
Although at present the expression the American dream is identified with individual success and with the possibility that any immigrant who arrives in the United States has to succeed, according to Sara Chuchwell , professor of American Literature at the University of London, the reality is that its
In 2014 it was discovered that a carving of Saint Lucia from the 16th century, located in the chapel of the Dulce Niño de Jesús in Seville, was not that of the saint, but a transvestite carving of Saint John the Evangelist. It seems that the gender change occurred in the thirties of the last century
In times of seclusion, technology becomes a great ally and, among many other things, today it will allow us to travel back in time. If you accompany me, you will be able to contemplate, just as they were in their moment of maximum splendor, seven of the most imposing and unique castles in all of Eur
To the figure of Alfonso X His fame as a cultured king has always been linked. Everyone knows that he not only promoted science and culture during his reign, but also actively participated in them as a troubadour and writer. Less known is by the common mortals that he kept numerous open fronts with
The Church is bathed in the blood of the priests of God, orphaned of all objects and exposed to the plunder of the pagans. From the fury of the Norse, deliver us, Lord. With texts of this style it is logical to think that the reputation of these Nordics has been very touched and their legacy has b
Can you imagine a pig, a cow or a wild animal being put on trial? And I am not talking about a pantomime, but about a trial with all the procedural guarantees, even with his defense attorney, logically ex officio. Yes, until practically the 19th century it was common practice to accuse an animal of
The fate of Japan has been played out several times throughout its history, and the Genpei wars are one of them. At the end of the s. XII, two samurai clans, the Taira and the Minamoto They disputed the control of the country in a long and bloody civil war that had the entire empire on edge. But not
We saw in the article How unfair the RAE is with Goths, Barbarians and Vandals the semantic injustices that these Germanic peoples have suffered, and today we have to address the Morbo Gothorum , an endemic disease of these peoples that turned being a king into a risky profession. The fact of being
Established in China by Kublai Khan, the Yuan dynasty was drawing to a close in the mid-14th century. The Ming and the Han were the two groups that chose to succeed the Yuan, and, logically, it would be the arms that determined who would present himself as a claimant to the Yuan throne. From August
Quevedo said… a single stone can collapse a building and the stone that we are dealing with, which was thrown with very bad milk, crumbled the Church and crushed its visible head, Pope Lucius II , who did not last a year on the throne of Saint Peter (March 12, 1144 to February 15, 1145) As ha
The Vatican, a place of worship and pilgrimage, has always been a world of men, but throughout history four women have managed to gain a foothold in it. The queens Charlotte of Cyprus and Cristina from Sweden, the Polish princess Maria Clementina Sobieska , and the protagonist of our story, Matilde
In the year 818, the Cordovans of the suburb (from the Arabic, al-rabad , suburb), located on the left bank of the Guadalquivir, took to the streets to protest the murder of a neighborhood swordsman at the hands of a soldier from the emirs personal guard. It seems that the soldier was not very satis
As you all know, and if you dont know, Ill tell you, Viagra was a casual scientific discovery, what we call a serendipity. In 1993, when male volunteers in a clinical trial of an angina drug were asked about any other effects they had experienced, they answered, somewhat blushingly, that they had er
During the Middle Ages, hospitals began to flourish throughout Europe, as well as where the religious orders (Templars and Hospitallers) arrived. They were linked to monasteries or orders (such as the Jerusalem hospital of the Order of the Knights of Saint John) and staffed mainly by monks or cleric
During the Middle Ages, prostitution was subject to double standards:morally condemned by the Church and permitted by the State. So, depending on who occupied the throne of San Pedro (or the diocese) and the king in turn, it was more or less persecuted or more or less tolerated -depending on whether
Seeing the popes who occupied the throne of Saint Peter for much of the Middle Ages, one might wonder if, when they were elected, the Almighty was looking the other way or confused with other issues, because what a troop. In fact, the curia itself was aware of the characters who had worn the fisherm
For centuries, the only two worthy roles that a woman could play were that of wife, and implicitly mother, or that of nun. Her parents or guardians, family circumstances or simply economic issues, determined that women consecrate their lives to their husbands or to God. And both elections involved a
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 recent declassification of previously secret documents from the Russian state archives brings to light unknown details from aspects of the Civil War, which was disastrous for our country, in the period 1946-1949. According to these documents, the Soviet Union supplied the men of the Democratic A
Last Monday, Josep Almudéver, an international brigade member, visited our center. French of Valencian parents, he joined the International Brigades at the age of seventeen - falsifying his documentation - and fought in the civil war and later in the maquis. At the age of 97, he still retains a luci
Although the toothbrush, as we know it today, was invented by William Addis in Newgate prison (England), the act of cleaning your teeth must be as old as eating… imagine how annoying it must be to carry a tooth bone mammoth between the teeth all day. Leaving aside the tool used, we will focus on the
November is a time to observe a curious tradition in Britain. People across the country light bonfires at this time of year and recite the same poem to themselves over and over again. Remember, remember, the 5th of November.... Every schoolchild in England knows these lines of poetry. Because on Nov