When we talk about a slave rebellion in Ancient Rome, the name of Spartacus inevitably comes to mind. It is logical for several reasons, from the dimensions of the revolt -which came to threaten the capital itself- to the legendary tone that it reached thanks to novels and movies, through the fact t
Louis IX leaves for the seventh crusade. 14th century miniature taken from the Chronicles of Saint-Denis, circa 1332-1355. British Library, London • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS It was Pope Urban II who took the initiative to preach the First Crusade . The victories won by the crusaders between 1096 and 10
The hippie movement discussed political issues of great importance and took to the public an opinion on various contemporary events. In the 1960s, the hippie movement appeared willing to offer an innovative world view and distant from the current dictates of the capitalist society . Most of them y
As soon as the fall of the Girondins was known, the province, in a vast movement of protest, rose up against the growing hegemony of the Montagnards and of Paris. The Girondin deputies who were able to escape triggered the federalist insurrection in many departments. The assassination of Marat by Ch