On May 24, 1956, the City Hospital of Welfare Island (New York) recorded the death of one of its patients, a seventy-eight-year-old man who had been in poor physical and mental health for a couple of years. . But taking a look at his life, it could be said that few lived it as intensely as he did. H
Exercising opposition to an established government is part of the political game and democratic systems assume it as something normal. But where power is absolute, things become more difficult and the problem is that, throughout history, this has been the general trend. That is why it is surprising
Under IIIth Republic, many political and military crises have erupted. The defeat against Germany in 1870 is traumatic. The annexation of Alsace and Moselle reinforces nationalist sentiment, France retains a spirit of revenge. Hate of Jews is public, violent and regularly fueled by publications. 1
The Kings Musketeers, known as Musketeers to many, were the most elite soldiers of Bourbon France, writing pages of glory on the battlefields and igniting the popular and literary imagination. The company of mounted musketry guards was formed in 1622 by the French king Louis XIII. It was an evolu