The battle of Vatheos Ryakos is one of the most interesting in Byzantine history. Opponents were on the one hand the Empire and on the other the sect of the Paulikians, a sect based on Gnosticism that had developed into a state within a state creating an independent territory in Tefrika, in present-
In “The Bleak House ”, a novel that Charles Dickens serialized between 1852 and 1853, a detective appeared for the first time. So, following in his footsteps, we will investigate the life and work of Dickens through the women who passed through his life. In 1836, and after the wedding of Charles D
Until recently I didnt know who to remember my mother, and not for the better, when every morning a thunderous sound kidnapped me from the dream world of Morpheus and brought me back to harsh reality. Now I know, from the mother ofPlato , the inventor of the alarm clock. The water clocks or clepsyd
A few years ago, Krakow grandly celebrated the 750th anniversary of the citys founding. According to tradition, it was on the basis of a document issued in 1257 that the princely (and later royal) stronghold became a full-fledged city. Only that this tradition does not quite agree with the facts. Kr