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After the defeat of Austria in 1805 and Prussia in 1806, Napoleon proceeded with his plan to reorganize the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (Reich) based on French interests. The many small German states were either integrated with each other or dissolved, forming, under French tutelage,
A new study concludes that although the Knights of the Round Table have gained worldwide fame, most medieval English heroic or chivalrous stories have been lost. Meanwhile, more than three-quarters of the medieval stories in Icelandic and Irish survive to the present, in an unusual pattern that sugg
La Rochelle suffered two sieges of particular historical importance.The first siege took place on the occasion of Saint-Barthélemy. Worried and irritated, the Protestants who made up almost the entire population rose up against royal authority. A long negotiation is engaged in vain. In December 1572
The most famous sculptures are the Greek ones. They achieved perfection never before achieved, so they left a legacy and inspire artists to this day. They were inspired by Egyptian sculptures and were copied by the Romans. Characteristics Egyptian sculptures were static, did not show movements and