The Storming of the Bastille took place in Paris on Tuesday, July 14, 1789. Although the medieval fortress known as the Bastille held only seven prisoners and the guards were retired Swiss, its fall into the hands of the Parisian revolutionaries symbolically meant the end of the Old Regime and the s
Little is known about the childhood of Henri Christophe . Most historians agree that he was born on the island of Grenada, in the Caribbean, the son of a former slave. His father, also named Christophe, had arrived on a slave ship from West Africa to Santo Domingo, the former French colony now known
From the middle of the 11th century we witness a radical change in the correlation of forces between the Christians and the Muslims of Hispania. Undoubtedly, the decomposition of al-Andalus contributed to this, as a result of the disappearance of the Caliphate of Córdoba, but also the progress that
Sumerian legal proceedings were held before an assembly of elders. The assembly was directed by one of them who was generally appointed as judge, although we have no news that it was an office as such. It is believed that a judge in Sumeria had to be an old man who had shown great knowledge of the l