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Murat is considered one of the bravest and undoubtedly the most extravagant of the Marshals of Napoleon. Born son of an innkeeper he became king and brother of Emperor after being shown one of the ...

Under the Old Regime, the familiarity was seen as a gross impertinence. After the Revolution the habits are changing, and the Convention makes it mandatory tu from November 1793 ...

Released in France in November 2010, Marie Antoinette and the American War of Independence - Episode 1 "The Brotherhood of the Wolf" - is one of the top Nintendo DS games to pay close attention to the story. ...

During the revolution, the bullets missed to supply the guns of the infantry. Thus in the first place, we took the lead on the roofs of churches and as this was insufficient, all the coffins ...

The profession of history and geography knows a lot of turmoil in recent years between the training reforms (the famous "mastering"), the program changes, ...

Charismatic figure, a legend in his lifetime and after his death, immortalized by a famous cliché, but just as much a subject of controversy and attacks, and finally recovered and diverted by ...

While waiting to distribute uniform regulations, the Union Army had to rely on the goodwill of States in dressing recruits they raised. All had the militia, ...

Marie Therese Charlotte de France, called Madame Royale, was a little girl of fourteen when she began writing her diary in 1793 of Latter-day at the Prison of the Temple, days ...

The war in Algeria, long called "the events in Algeria," traditionally begins on 1 November 1954, ending the Evian Accords, March 18, 1962. But to have a more ...

In the collective imagination, the Civil War remains the conflict of "Blues" (the Yankees) against the "gray" (Southerners), referring to the color of the uniforms worn by soldiers ...

Eclectic writer, author Gerard Swiss Jaeger has already to its credit a variety of production: biographies, novels, and books on topics as varied as art or criminal cases. It ...

The anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc (despite the debate over the month and even the exact year) brings works more or less iconoclastic on the Maid. It is also an opportunity to ...

Egypt is more than two centuries a haven for archaeologists and for researchers of buried treasure. Just give a sod in the sand in search of ...

As we approach Christmas and among the many works of art, it is a reality and a simple moving "New Born" by Georges de La Tour. This was the first "real" baby in history ...

If it was, in essence, comes with the traditional tactics of heavy infantry, the Civil War did not reserve a spot less noticeable to those more recent, infantry ...

Plants have clearly played a crucial role in the development of our societies and their evolution over time. We often used to forget it, some do arise more ...

One of the best experts in firearms France, even in the world, Jean Huon is the author of numerous articles on the subject, as well as an encyclopedia in four volumes entitled A ...

The medieval Spain, whether that of Al Andalus and the Christian kingdoms, is considered the preferred (with Sicily) the transmission of Greek knowledge to the Latin West. The controversy ...

Renaissance is often seen as the moment when Europe entered the period known of modern times, after a bleak medieval. This leads to some historiographical clichés, certainly more ...

On the occasion of the release of the book Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (Tallandier), meeting with Helen Harter, professor of contemporary history at the University of Rennes II. America specialist ...

Abbey, shrine, fortress, prison, tourist attraction, Mont Saint-Michel is a site with a thousand faces and incredibly rich history. This is the story that David Nicolas-Méry and ...

France offers two on Tuesday evening November 29 a docu-fiction novel dedicated to Louis XVI, the man who did not want to be king. Louis Augustus, Duke of Berry, was not destined to rule. However, after the ...

At Waterloo Napoleon did he lose a battle or France? He yielded to foreign armies, the House of Representatives or his own people? Did Napoleon, writes Benjamin Constant ...

Much more than the shock is the fire that will be used during the Civil War. At the regimental level, current textbooks give the colonel a fairly wide range of possibilities for ...

In modern times, the prince requires the same of the arts and sciences, through the sponsorship and academicism. It maintains scholars and artists, protects and provides a space for ...

At the end of the Middle Ages, back to Rome, the pope is the only one who can compete with the King of France, because it is both spiritual and temporal ruler. This power and this rivalry expressed through ...

After a "sad seventeenth century" marked by numerous economic difficulties and social tensions, the eighteenth century is under the sign of significant changes and developments. The Century ...

Long neglected by military history, for doubtless viewed as trivial and sometimes sordid, the study of combat as such has been rehabilitated as a relatively late. ...

The release of the book The absolute kings (1629-1715), in the collection history of France in Belin History allows for all to meet its author, Hervé Drévillon. Specialist in cultural history ...

In many minds, Madame de Pompadour remained a commoner arrived, denigrated and disparaged. Nolhac Stone, in his "Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour," gives us a very different picture ...

Formidable weapon in the Cold War, sometimes mythical or criticized the CIA is one of the intelligence agencies the most famous in history. The fear that one or that one admires it, its role ...

Much has been seen, heard, read about Che, leader and hero of the revolutionary struggle, murdered in 1967 by the Bolivian army backed by the CIA and immortalized with his famous black beret with the star. But ...

Among the wide range of collections proposed by Delprado we present "The Imperial Guard of Napoleon" and the first issue of the flagship Chasseurs of the Guard (1808) metal alloy, ...

So what's published public space in the Middle Ages. Debates over Jürgen Habermas (PUF), which he co-directs with Patrick Boucheron, meeting with Nicolas Offenstadt historian, lecturer in ...

The Journal of Science & Vie have joined the lnrap Gauls and exhibition, an exhibition of stunning City of Science and Industry to carry out a special issue: "The Gauls ...

The artillery played an important role during the Civil War, although he was less decisive than in other conflicts - whether of the Napoleonic Wars or the war against Mexico, ...

2500 years of history in 50 key events that marked a turning point in our world, be it: the crucifixion of Christ, the fall of Constantinople, the discovery of America ...

Life and the fate of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France is still a subject that fascinates and leaves no one indifferent. So the duo of Rudolph and Annie Goetzinger depict the ...

From 3 to 6 November 2011, Les Editions du patron present the exhibition "The Covered Passages in Europe" at the International Exhibition of Cultural Heritage, at the Carrousel du Louvre. The exhibition ...

"The Vendée were other heroes, ordinary soldiers, great generals: D 'Elbee, Henri, Bonchamps, Lescure, Charette, Stofflet, Sapinaud ... The largest was Cathelineau. "From a ...

The very term evokes chivalry to our minds a world dreamlike fantasy that speaks of self-transcendence, of honor, loyalty, generosity and courtesy of the literature ...

"You will work in the sweat of your brow! "Since the biblical injunction, the work is considered a curse. This does not preclude expressed the pride of the worker. Slavery, revolution ...

At the heart of a green and dense forest of the Belgian Ardennes, far from the madding crowd, is a small monastic community primarily known for the manufacture of the famous Trappist beer. ...

At the heart of the valley of the Semois stands certainly the largest and impressive fortress of Belgium, overlooking its wide walls the small town of Bouillon. It must ...

Subject of debate and political struggles since the late nineteenth century, the income tax was instituted in 1914 and has since then ceased to be reformed. Two main considerations were ...

Ten years have passed since the United States were hit by a terrorist attack, September 11, 2001, under the eyes of the world. The consequences were immediate with, in the month of October ...

Become the object of a cult, the incarnation of a revolutionary idealist who fought until his last breath, condottiere of the twentieth century become an icon, descriptions abound ...

His face is a tangle of bodies, its neck a blood red sea, his jacket a campaign map as a medal when a spider spins its web. On his head a dark figure a crow ...

On August 10, 1792 is a revolutionary day unknown. Yet it spends the day culminating in the fall of 1000 years of monarchy in France, which completely disrupts the policy and ...

Globalization is central to a number of questions and debate political and economic. The story is no exception, with the development since the 80's that the Anglo-Saxons call ...

High place in history and medieval Christianity, listed since 1979 as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Basilica of St. Mary Magdalen of Vezelay established itself as a masterpiece ...

Contemporary historian of the Maghreb, Morocco specialist, Pierre Vermeren is a lecturer at the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. While the Ben Ali regime wavered, it is the first to ...

Symbolic date of the French Revolution, 14 July 1789 saw the city of Paris rocked by a series of riots (which had begun several days), and marked by symbolic acts. ...

Tutankhamun (1345-1327 BC.) Was a Pharaoh of Egypt (1336-1327 BC.) Of the eighteenth dynasty, the son of Akhenaton, whom he succeeded. He ascended the throne at the age of eight years and reigned until ...

Riquewihr, medieval city, is a small town located between the Vosges and Alsace, in the heart of the vineyards, ranked among the "most beautiful villages in France". Flowers in the summer with the traditional ...

The great Egyptologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt died June 23, 2011, at the age of 97. Former resistant, it is known to have contributed with André Malraux and UNESCO, the rescue ...

Mythical figure of Latin America, a man committed to the liberal ideas in vogue in the nineteenth century, Simon Bolivar was the liberator of much of South America from Spanish rule, which ...

And if the Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of the last Russian Tsar Nicolas II, was not dead like the rest of his family, executed by the Bolsheviks a summer night in 1918? Uchronic this postulate ...

Era of innovation, Renaissance knows not only the development of arts, but a tremendous change in the way of providing feed for the powerful vision completely different ...

Historical site, the village of Les Baux de Provence, founded in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance changed, honored by the Provencal poets like Mistral, Daudet, Pagnol, painted by Cezanne and Van Gogh, ...

Presented as one of the most famous French writers, Voltaire also appears as one of the most important leaders in the philosophical movement of the Enlightenment. Sometimes seen alongside his ...

Aix-en-Provence, it is not only the city's premier student ᵉ XXI century in which to live. It is also a historical city in doubt, the rich and eventful history. ...

Blois. When we talk about, we think first of all its royal castle, a magnificent example of the evolution of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. However, Blois is also a ...

Among the castles of the Loire in Blois is probably one of the most original. Indeed, its unique history allows us to discover three distinct architectural styles: Gothic, ...

Since 1890, there are mainly two major schools of interpretation of the economy in antiquity: the modernist and primitivist. Modernists (Michael Rostovtzeff) have a great idea ...

When we talk historically the town of Vichy, we believe above all in his "government" to Marshal Petain and collaboration. When we talk about on a economic and tourism ...

The "mirror for princes," if we stick to the definition proposed by the historian Einar Már Jónsson, is a literary genre, correlated with the political treatise, which appeared in the Carolingian world ...

All History now poses his bags in the South of France, specifically in Les Arcs sur Argens, "Leis Arc" in Provence, Var small town, a member of the Urban Community ...

Those whom Victor Hugo called the small,''''no grades formed the vast majority of men and women in their own way and in the shadow, have shaped history. Yet unlike the big ...

Gather around a table, has always had a moment of joy and friendship, both among the nobles, the bourgeoisie that the country people. That was the centerpiece of the kitchen ...

On May 10, 2011, the Socialist Party and by extension a significant part of the French left celebrate the 30th anniversary of the election to the presidency of François Mitterrand. Beyond ...

Initially, the "oral history" comes from the English "oral history". It is defined by the systematic use of the interview and investigation by the oral historian. These U.S. researchers ...

After Napoleon's fall, we attended a second White Terror. On his departure to the island of Elba, the shift in the Rhone Valley of the deposed Emperor was marked by incidents. It was feared ...

Born in the Middle Ages, in the heart of the kingdom of France, Gothic architecture has dominated Europe and initiated a revolution in architecture. Its landmark is the cathedral. In less than two hundred ...

If the White Terror were less lethal than revolutionary terror, the excesses that were committed after the hasty execution without trial of Robespierre and after the second abdication ...

Disseminated throughout Europe during the early centuries of the Middle Ages, beer was given some recognition that made him so far lacking in its history in Greek culture ...

On the eve of the official commemoration of the tercentenary of the birth of Rousseau in Geneva from June 2011, in Savoy, in Lyon, Paris and throughout Europe, here with this book by Claude Mazauric ...

Series of adventures around the historic journey through time, temporal Via is a new collection in the landscape of children's literature. With a strong concept: The discovery of our fun ...

The battle of Valmy was the first military victory of the French revolutionary army, won against the Austro-Prussian September 20, 1792. Revolutionary France, which has filed ...

June 18, 1815. Napoleon returned from exile in Elba, faces the battle of Waterloo, Belgium, the Prussians and the English, united against the emperor. Two days earlier, Napoleon ...

Michelet is fashionable. His history of France is selling like hotcakes. Historians but also novelists, such as Pierre Michon, is the tear. And here we rediscover a little-known aspect ...

Claude Nicolas Ledoux, neoclassical architect and visionary art of the Enlightenment, by cubism, surrealism is recognized today as one of the leading architects of his time. ...

Over time, men have always wanted to improve their understanding of the universe. Using observations and mathematics to accurately describe everyday phenomena, many ...

The biographical movie dedicated to Louis Pasteur, and aired tonight on France 2 is a credit to public service television. Both Count modern scientific and Thiller true story, this ...

When the history of France by Michelet is reprinted before the scheduled-to-Lavisse, when the debate on national identity Landernau shakes the media but also university (see ...

Welcome the release tomorrow of War & History, "the new magazine for all fans of military strategy but also to all those who love history." Science from the group ...

The steam locomotive is in Cornwall, southern England, in 1804. Designed by Richard Trevithick, it can take 20 tons of wagon and reached a speed of 8 km / h. In the years ...

The first motor vehicle (car) function was invented in 1769 by Joseph Cugnot under the name of a truck of Cugnot, but for the first model in essence it takes inspiration from a ...

The oldest book dates back to the surgery sixth century BC Its author, Sushruta, have invented the removal of the prostate, the treatment of eye cataracts, drainage of abscesses ...

In 1679 the French Denis Papin develops a kind of pressure cooker to study the gas pressure. He also designed a steam engine. Thomas Newcomen, who, in 1712, then the ...

This invention is an essential part of the development of navigation and trade by sea. The first compass is manufactured by the Chinese around the year one thousand, then it appears ...

Agnes Clement Ader, French engineer and brilliant inventor, is considered one of the fathers of aviation. Yet it is far from being the only one who contributed to the development of the aircraft, ...

Prelude to the invention of the wheel, the Sumerians used wooden logs to move heavy stones at the beginning of antiquity. This leads them, around 3500 BC, to ...

Painter, draftsman and Spanish sculptor, Pablo Picasso is generally presented as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Womanizer with deeply inspire his work companions, ...

Conservative and apathetic, the CSI is ill-suited to a discipline that is changing ever faster. It disappears in 1978, replacing the FIA ​​for the occasion by another body, known as FISA (Federation ...

Married at 14 and a half years, Queen of France at 18, mother at 23, tortured for 38 years ... Marie-Antoinette of Habsburg-Lorraine continues to divide. Queen martyrdom or wicked queen? Does it still deserves this ...

Pierre Augustin Caron, better known by the name of Beaumarchais was a man of many facets: watch, music teacher, a great speculator, darling of women, tireless litigant, agent ...

The Journal of Life Science and celebrate their twenty years. Two decades already, separate the first copy on the birth of aviation and the current number that deals with another birth, the ...

On the occasion of International Women's Day March 8, 2011, The Point and Historia out a special issue of "100 ideas on women in history." The objective of this issue iconoclastic return ...

If we enjoy today's beautiful garden that is the Luxembourg Gardens in the sixth arrondissement of Paris, it is thanks to Marie de Medici and her Italian taste. Loving this quiet, ...