This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Napoleon Enters Egypt.IntroductionNapoleon's Italian victories forced
Another Pope Begins Schism
Today's installment concludes Great Pope/Anti-Pope Schism Begins,our selection from History of Latin Christianity by Henry Hart Milman published in
Pope Urban’s Bad Behavior
Friends and foes agree in attributing the schism, at least the immediate schism, to the imprudent zeal, the imperiousness, the ungovernable temper of
Conclave Elects Urban VI
But it was too late; the mob was thundering at the gates, menacing death to the cardinals, if they had not immediately a Roman pontiff.Continuing
Great Pope/Anti-Pope Schism Begins
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Cardinals Meet.IntroductionIn 1308 Pope Clement V, a Frenchman,
Natives Converted to Christ
Today's installment concludes De Soto Discovers The Mississippi,our selection from Ferdinand de Soto by John S. C. Abbott published in 1873.If
Canada in Distress
The state of Canada was deplorable, and the position of its governor as mortifying as it was painful.Our special project presenting the
De Soto Ascends the River
One day the Spaniards, while at work, saw two hundred canoes filled with natives, in one united squadron, descending the river.Continuing De Soto
De Soto Discovers The Mississippi
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Surrounded by Warriors.IntroductionFrom the eastern coast of Florida