The Kanienkehá:ka, better known as the Mohawks (also called Mohawks in French), are one of the six great Iroquois nations, which are, from east to west:the Tuscaroras, the Senecas, the Oneiouts, Onondagas, Cayugas and Mohawks. Etymology Mohawks whose meaning is man-eater in the language of their he
Tocquevilles criticisms of the French Revolution are among the most important ever made by historians. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe French Revolution , which began in 1789, unfolded in several phases over the next ten years, only acquiring a “stability” character when Napoleon Bonaparte applied the
Manuel Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo He was born into one of the best positioned Castilian noble families, the Álvarez de Toledo, as the only son of Duarte Fernando Álvarez de Toledo Monroy y Ayala, who held different important positions during the reign of Felipe IV, married to his cousin Ana Mónica o
The day after his majority, he had to face new revolts from the great barons. A first attempt, led by Thibaud de Champagne and Pierre Mauclerc, was just a flash in the pan. But more formidable is the movement in 1241 triggered by Hugues de Lusignan and his wife Isabelle, widow of Jean sans Terre and