Hans Staden was a German who made two trips to Brazil between 1547 and 1549 as a mercenary gunner. His account tells of the nine months he spent among the indigenous people. Hans Staden was a mercenary who was born in Homberg, Germany, and came to Brazil on two voyages during 1548 and 1549. Hans St
The process of Italian unification consolidated the formation of Italy as a nation-state, in the 19th century, under the leadership of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Piedmont-Sardinia. The unification Italian it was the process of territorial union that resulted in the emergence of the nation-state of
The Iberian Union extended from 1580 to 1640 and represented the union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal from the coronation of Philip II as King of Portugal. The Iberian Union It is a period in the history of Portugal and the colonization of Brazil that took place between 1580 and 1640. It was c
Treaty of Madrid was a diplomatic agreement, signed by Portugal and Spain in 1750, which discussed issues related to territorial disputes in South America. The Treaty of Madrid was a diplomatic agreement signed by Portugal and Spain on January 13, 1750. It was carried out to resolve territorial dis
The transition from feudalism to capitalism was a phenomenon that began in the 14th century and has already been the subject of discussion among several historians. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe so-called transition from feudalism to capitalism (or from the feudal economic system to the capitalist ec
By Rainer Sousa In the Late Middle Ages and in the Modern period, the Catholic Inquisition was an artifice used by the Church to oppose the people who threatened Catholic hegemony. Through processes, people were arrested, interrogated, punished and, in extreme cases, thrown to death at the stake. Fr
Puritan Revolution The Puritan revolution took place in England in the 17th century during the Civil War (1640-1648) where the king and parliament clashed. The conflict began when the parliament imposed on King Charles I the rights petition where it said that problems with taxes, arrests, trials and
The English Revolution , which took place in the 17th century, was one of the main events of the Modern Age . It was considered the first of the great bourgeois revolutions , that is, the revolutions led by leaders of the European bourgeoisie, which had become significantly strong, from an economi
The Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th century, marked the emergence of industry and the consolidation of capitalism, generating major changes on the planet. The Revolution Industrial began in England in the second half of the 18th century, with the emergence of machines. This allowed t
The Glorious Revolution marked the consolidation of constitutional monarchy in England through the deposition of James II and the coronation of William of Orange and Mary Stuart. The Revolution Glorious is the name given to the events that took place in England and led to the deposition of James II
The French Revolution , which took place in 1789, was the event that, according to some authors, inaugurated the so-called Contemporary Age . The historians of the 19th century, who made the dividing line in History, attributed to this event the character of a divider mark between the Modern and Con
The Renaissance comprised a period of resumption of elements of classical culture and their confluence with the Christian culture inherited from the Middle Ages. By Me. Cláudio FernandesWhen you study the transition from the Middle Ages, specifically the Low Middle Ages, to the Modern Age, you can
The Protestant Reformation is the name given to the reform movement that emerged in Christianity in 1517 through the Augustinian monk Martin Luther. Protestant Reformation is the name given to the reform movement that emerged in Christianity in the 16th century. This movement began with Martin Luth
It is one of the branches of Christianity that had its origins in the Reformation of Europe in the 16th century organized by Martin Luther. Protestantism means in the strict sense the group of imperial princes and cities who signed a protest against the Edict of Worms which prohibited Lutheran teach
The four main precursors of the Enlightenment - Descartes, Bacon, Locke and Newton - were of fundamental importance in changing the mentality of European society. By Leandro CarvalhoThe Enlightenment was a current of thought that prevailed in Europe in the 18th century, called the century of enligh
By Rainer Sousa In the 18th century, the Enlightenment avant-garde established remarkable transformations in the modes of administration of several of the European monarchies. Inspired by the notions of reason and progress based on this movement, kings, queens and ministers of the Old World undertoo
The Palace of Versailles began its construction during the reign of Louis XIV and became a symbol of the power and wealth of the monarchs of absolutism in France. The Palace of Versailles began to be built, in its current form, in the reign of Louis XIV , king who ruled France between 1661 and 1715
By Rainer Sousa In 1553, Father José de Anchieta arrived in the Brazilian colonial space with the task of strengthening ties between the Church and the natives. In the 16th century, the so-called Order of Jesus took on the adventurous task of settling in American lands and Christianizing the Indians
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers was created by Emperor D.Pedro II in 1847, which marked the beginning of the parliamentary regime in Brazil. In this parliamentary system, the legislative power is the strongest, even greater than the executive, it is responsible for creating the laws and a
The Colonial Pact consisted of a set of rules that guaranteed the European metropolises, from the time of mercantilism, an effective control of their products. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe assembly of the Portuguese Colonial System and Spanish in American lands it took place from the 16th century on
VILLARET DE JOYEUSE, Louis-Thomas, count (Auch, May 29, 1748 - Venice, July 24, 1812). Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (born May 29, 1747 in Auch and died July 24, 1812 in Venice), was a French sailor Before the Revolution Engaged in the kings gendarmes, he had to leave them following a deadly d
On the 4th, the film «Garbo. The Spy » directed by Edmon Roch .Thriller about spies, double agents, secrets and lies, memory and oblivion, made with fragments of Hollywood movies, archive material, interviews and digital effects, whose structure forces us to choose our particular interpretation of
Artists impression of a young woman hunting in the Andes 9,000 years ago. • UC DAVIS IET ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Prehistoric women only in charge of gathering and confined to the cave to take care of the children and the kitchen? This cliché conveyed by the scholars of the XIXth century had
South of the Pyrenees Mountains is Spain, a plateau bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Sea, and Portugal. Before the fifteenth century, Spain had no political unity and was divided into several regional states. In the eighth century, Moor Muslims living in North Africa took control of S