Inconceivable for a clergy who saw themselves alienated from a political process which they largely disapproved of, condemned by the pope and unacceptable for a king firmly attached to the dogmas of the monarchy by divine right, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy revealed the misunderstanding esta
Within that reality halfway between history and legend told by the Viking sagas, the world of warriors occupies a special place. It is true that at this point we already know that these peoples did not spend their lives looting after looting, but that such actions corresponded to a mere complement t
MARGUERITE OF FRANCE or VALOIS (known as Queen Margot)(Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1553 - Paris, 1615.) Third daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici. She had already embarked on the path of the most unbridled gallantry when her mother and her brother Charles IX married her, despite the difference o
In 1715 the Turkish danger for the Habsburg Empire and consequently for all of Europe began to be felt again. Turkish ambitions had been revived since 1711, when Mehmet Pasha with 260,000 men defeated Tsar Peter the Greats 40,000 men at the Battle of Prutus. Always following the same expansionis