At that time, and for several centuries already, Latin was no longer spoken in France, but replaced by different dialects, which we call the mother tongue. We thus find the language of Oc, Occitan, the language of Oil, Provençal, Breton, etc. Only Paris, or almost, speaks French, considering the oth
Titus (Latin:IMPERATOR•TITVS•CAESAR•VESPASIANVS•AVGVSTVS) (December 30, 39 – September 13, 81), belonging to the Flavian dynasty, was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 79 to 81. He remained famous for taking of Jerusalem, in 70. To commemorate this victory, his brother Domitian, who had become emper
First page of the original manuscript of the Edict of Nantes, kept at the National Archives (Paris) • WIKIMEDIACOMMONS The Edict of Nantes, signed by Henri IV in 1598, granted Protestants a regime of limited tolerance. This was not the first such edict. In 1563, at the end of a year of civil war
Can you imagine republican France paying homage to Queen Elizabeth II and her foreign policy conditioned to the interests of the Commonwealth, in which she would be integrated? Well, apparently it was something that was raised in 1956, during a visit by the French Prime Minister to London, according