Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) was the French portrait painter of the Court and of Kings in the Grand Siècle, described thus by Madame La Palatine “There is a painter here, Rigo, who stutters so horribly that it takes him a quarter of an hour for each word. He sings perfectly and while singing he does
The history of Poland abounds in interesting characters, among whom there is no shortage of inventors. But not all of them are popular, moreover:some of them were not even considered Poles for many years! Here is a list of inventions, many of which we use or have used every day, created by people
For three decades, Maria Stuart competed with one of the most powerful women in history, Elizabeth Tudor. Ultimately, she lost and had to pay the highest price. The execution turned into a macabre spectacle that shocked even its most die-hard opponents. On Wednesday morning, February 8, 1587, a
The armed Resistance in Europe emerged as a result of the violent collapse of European states and the vital need for societies to react to Axis policies that threatened to dispossess or even annihilate them. In several cases, the result of the Resistance was secession from the body of Hitlers New Eu