Modern Europe The Princess de Lamballe: Marie Antoinette’s Devoted Friend Who Met a Brutal Fate
In the late eighteenth century, amid the brilliance of Versailles, one woman drew particular attention through her elega...
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British Empire The Most Eccentric Aristocrat in British History .Henry Paget, the “Dancing Marquis” Who Burned Through a Fortune in Just Six Years
At the turn of the twentieth century, Britain’s social world combined the immense prosperity of the Industrial Revolutio...
Modern Europe Were Medieval Noblewomen Really “Dirty”? The Misconceptions Behind Medieval Europe’s Hygiene
1. The Image of a “Filthy” Middle AgesMany people have heard the claim that “medieval Europeans never bathed and covered...
Modern Europe The King Who Loved Giants: The Strange Story of Prussia’s “Potsdam Giants” Regiment
In the early 18th century, nestled in the corner of Europe, the small kingdom of Prussia was ruled by a man consumed by ...
Modern Europe The Most Feared Tsar in Russian History』 The Brutal Reign of Ivan the Terrible – A Fury That Claimed His Own Son
Ivan IV (1530–1584), known as Ivan the Terrible, holds a uniquely dark and pivotal place in Russian history.In 1547, he ...
Modern Europe France’s High-Class Courtesans: The Women Who Enchanted Parisian High Society
【The Enigmatic World of Courtesans in Belle Époque Paris】Late 19th-century Paris was a city of glittering contradictions...
Western History 8 Strangest Historical Deaths: Ancient Darwin Awards of History
Death is a constant in human history—but the ways people die can vary wildly. Some go with dignity.Others... not so much...
Modern Europe The Unconquerable Beauty: Eugénie, the Noblewoman Who Captivated Napoleon III
Napoleon III, known formally as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was the nephew of Napoleon I and reigned as Emperor of the Fre...