Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In the last of the series of posts that we are dedicating in the blog to the conquest of Wales by England (see the posts Edward I of England against Llywelyn Prince of Wales and Edward I, Wales and the Arthurian legends) we had noted that in March 1282 ther
The negotiations held in the city of Santa Fe not only served to close things in Granada, but also opened an exceptional page for the future:in the Capitulations of Santa Fe (April 17, 1492), the conditions of the agreement between the Catholic Monarchs and Christopher Columbus to reach the Indies f
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Henry VI is a unique case in history. He was the only person ever to be simultaneously crowned King of England and King of France. However, his coronation had to be organized in a hurry, neither in one place nor in the other did he rule peacefully, he ended
Origin of the people and the word “Franc”: The word “Frank” comes from frekkr which means “bold”, “courageous”. It was in the middle of the 3rd century, in a war song of the Roman army, that the name Franks appeared in history:“We have killed thousands of Franks!”. Thanks to the troubles at the end