Today's installment concludes The Second War of Italian Independence,our selection from Modern Italy 1748-1898 by Pietro Orsi.If you have
Captive and Missionary
He went from town to town, giving absolution to the Christian captives, and converting and baptizing the heathen.Previously in The Jesuits in North
Napoleon III Marches with the Italians
On June 8th Victor Emmanuel and Napoleon III made their triumphal entry into Milan -- now freed from the Austrian yoke.Continuing The Second War of
The Second War of Italian Independence
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Cavour’s Diplomatic Maneuvers.IntroductionSince the fall of Rome a
Mohawks Torture Jogues
The children now profited by the examples of their parents, and amused themselves by placing live coals and red-hot ashes on the naked bodies of the
Parkman Vol. 2 Chapter 16
In the early morning of the second of August, 1642, twelve Huron canoes were moving slowly along the northern shore of the expansion of the St.
Montreal Founded
On the following day, they glided along the green and solitary shores now thronged with the life of a busy city, and landed on the spot which
Montreal Consecrated at Notre Dame in Paris
Henceforth it was to be called Villemarie de Montreal, [8] -- a sacred town, reared to the honor and under the patronage of Christ, St. Joseph, and
Parkman Vol. 2 Chapter 15
One day, while at his devotions, he heard an inward voice commanding him to become to establish, on the island called Montreal, in Canada, a