Juan II (1406-1454) acceded to the throne as a child, so it was necessary to establish a regency, of which his mother, Catherine of Lancaster , was a part. , and his uncle, the infante Don Fernando . The latter, conquered, in the year 1410, the Plaza de Antequera, taken from the Muslims of Granad
In the 10th c. A.D. jihadists were not just a local threat, but a tangible reality from todays bloody Turkey-Syria border to the entire Mediterranean. The fanatical Arabs had also expanded into Italy, threatening Rome as well, supported by opportunistic Christians. In the second half of the 9th c
I had the luck and pleasure of meeting Themis Marino at the offices of the Society for the Study of Greek History (WE), when we were both members of its board of directors, and later I met him at various events. I was impressed by his modesty, and he was always willing to answer my questions on hist
The new gunpowder had characteristics that made it revolutionary compared to common gunpowder. It seemed obvious that it would be a clear competitive advantage for the army that used it first. José Roura He was born in Sant Feliu de Guíxols in 1797. He received his doctorate in science from the Facu