The Vatican, a place of worship and pilgrimage, has always been a world of men, but throughout history four women have managed to gain a foothold in it. The queens Charlotte of Cyprus and Cristina from Sweden, the Polish princess Maria Clementina Sobieska , and the protagonist of our story, Matilde
The declaration of the First Balkan War on October 5, 1912, found the Greek Navy reinforced. Opposite him stood the powerful Turkish navy, ready to challenge their supremacy in the Aegean and to help reinforce the fighting divisions of the Turkish Army with Asiatic troops of the Empire. The Turkish
As a tradition, this 2022 returns to be the long-awaited IV Historical Micro-essay Contest Wake Up Ferro Editions. And what do we ask of you when we summon it? The same as in previous editions, that you show us your knowledge and expertise as historians by writing a non-fiction historical essay and
Intro The words of Pope Adrian VI, mixed with bitterness and nobility, however, came too late. Even as he wrote them, a dramatic and irreversible split had occurred in Christendom. This rupture was a major and dramatic event at the same time. Until then and for twelve centuries, the history of Euro