Insulting of the Pope by Frank King Charlemagne Charlemagne, the French ruler who ended the Lombardy rule from Rome at the invitation of Pope Adrian (I) in AD 772, was a powerful king. So he had no difficulty in establishing his dominance in Rome. The Pope thought that after the liberation from the
The threat of tanks forced the infantry called to face it, to develop special tactics. The German infantry, initially, due to the lightning successes, in Poland, the West and the Balkans, did not face a serious problem from the action of the opposing tanks. However, he later found himself fighting a
Preparations Very absent from his kingdom of England, Richard preferred to devote himself to his French possessions and to the crusade in the Holy Land. Shortly after his accession to the throne (1189), he decided to join the third crusade, inspired by the loss of Jerusalem, taken by Saladin. But,
Rats eating a fish head, Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889), Musée Guimet • RMN/SERVICE DE PRESSE Contrary to popular belief, the isolation of Japan from 1639 to 1854 was not absolute. In 1641, the Dutch received exclusive European commercial presence in the country, thanks to the construction of an ar