In the future, she will become not only a queen, but also a king. However, when she was born, her parents were only disappointed. Jadwiga Andegaweńska was a daughter whom nobody wanted. Louis of Anjou was desperate. The most powerful, or at least the richest, of the kings of Europe in one area w
When Buddhism and Jainism arose in opposition to the Vedic religion, the Upanishads tried to save the Vedic religion by opposing the pompous complex rituals and sacrifices. The Upanishads did not dare to be atheistic, but propounded the principles of Nirguna Brahma, Karmavada, Moksha etc. The imperc
Fresco depicting Dante Alighieri A trivial mosquito killed our greatest poet: Dante Alighieri died of malaria, a disease at the time anything but rare and, unfortunately, almost always with a fatal outcome. The facts, more or less, took place as follows. For some time Dante had been living
Status of Women in the Middle Ages The invasions of Islam on India had started from AD 712 but till AD 1192 the Islamic invaders were able to establish their rule over Sindh and parts of Punjab only. After the defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan (III) in AD 1192, Islamic rule was established over a large