Europe – Western – Page 12

August 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

The End of the Star Chamber

This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Star Chamber’s Power in Past Reigns.IntroductionThe English Civil

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: France Versus Burgundy.IntroductionThe Duchy of Burgundy was a major

This series has ten easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Thomas Becket Becomes Archbishop.IntroductionThe murder of Thomas

This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: A Triumph of Commonplace Greatness.IntroductionFrance continued in

A new take on a controversial figure from Europe's past from RealClear World.For a famous view of Cardinal Richelieu see the passages from The Three

This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The ‘Bon Homme Richard’ Sights the British Convoy.IntroductionFor

HMS Victory, photographed in 1885.This was the flagship of the fleet that destroyed the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of

Diver investigating the drowned city. Credit: Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archeology (HWTMA)Look here in the blog’s archives for the

Time: 1940Place: The Ardennes Forest, FranceHere's a nice animated map from the BBC of the French Campaign in World War II.I used the word