John Wyclif and Jan Hus crafted new interpretations of Christian doctrine that would influence Martin Luther more than a century later. By Tales PintoMartin Luther was the main name associated with the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. However, considerable parts of his reforming ide
In 2007 a Rolex Oyster 3525 chronograph and some letters were put up for auction, paying sixty-six thousand pounds for the whole. Six years later it was learned that another watch of the same make and model sold for sixty thousand pounds. In the first case, it was the one that Corporal Clive James N
Spatha is the Greek name (spathê) for the longsword, used to refer to the late Roman longsword, the sword of the great invasions and the Merovingian sword. It is characterized by a wide blade as well as a narrow and flat guard. The Spatha appeared earlier in the Roman army as a cavalry weapon . In
The summer of 1566 saw the last attempt of the Turkish sultan Suleiman the so-called magnificent, to neutralize the Habsburgs, also occupying Vienna. On May 1, 1566 Suleiman, at the head of a huge army that according to some sources numbered 300,000 men. Other sources state 100-200,000 men. On Ju