Henry was raised Protestant and became a prominent leader of the Huguenot faction during the French Wars of Religion. After his predecessor Henry III was assassinated in 1589, Henry IV became king, but many Catholics refused to accept him because he was not Catholic. To consolidate his power, Henry converted to Catholicism in 1593 and issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which granted significant rights to Protestants in France. This helped to bring an end to the religious wars.
The German Campaign of 1813 was fought by Napoleon from April to October 1813 against the armies of the Sixth Coalition . Like the Phoenix rising from its ashes, the Grande Armée , which disappeared in the Russian snows in 1812, suddenly seems to be reborn in the plains of Saxony . The Russians sudd
Halloween is now a common holiday in Germany. More and more children (and drunk teenagers) parade through the streets on October 31st. Some organize their Trick or Treat and collect sweets, others try to get even more drunk as quickly as possible. Only twenty years ago things were very different. It
After the trauma of WWI , almost all the municipalities of France erect monuments to the dead to commemorate the memory of fallen men. There is an old misunderstanding about the true meaning of these monuments. Integrated into the Republican memory. These places of memory which welcome men adorned w
Ancient Satala, present-day Sadak in Turkey, was an important city in Mesopotamia. In 530 AD it was one of the border fortresses between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Persia. The two powerful empires were in near constant conflict as the Persians sought to expand into Asia Minor and Armenia.