Friday, 20 June 2014
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When one thinks of the old-fashioned image of a knight, one probably first thinks of the Knights Templar or other Crusaders fighting in the ... -
Few people, even, or perhaps especially, monarchists would think of a Bonaparte as a religious crusader. Napoleon Bonaparte supported the vi... -
This profile was a rather difficult one to decide to do for the simple reason that the monarch known as Duc Duc was hardly a monarch at all.... -
On this day in 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was declared "Emperor of the French" by the French Senate. Later, Pope Pius VII would presi... -
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On this day in 1403 King Enrique III of Castile (grandfather of Queen Isabella the Catholic ) dispatched ambassadors to the court of the cen... -
It came as quite a surprise yesterday morning to wake up to news that His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain had announced his intention to... -
The history of British-Irish relations has often been unpleasant and controversial. Irish independence was a struggle, the establishment of ... -
As this is the seventieth anniversary of the invasion of France, cited by many as the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany, it seemed an app... -
As constant civil wars and political infighting over a disputed succession had crippled the Kingdom of Spain, in 1870 the Spanish government...
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