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5 days ago · Death or decline removed the most fervent advocates of ‘holy war’ from the political scene – emperor Ferdinand II, Lamormaini, and Contzen – and the ever more widespread and pronounced weariness of war supported a sustained ascendancy of the ‘moderates’ in Munich and Vienna – a party that included Lamormaini’s successor Johannes ...
May 9, 2024 · In chapter three, Sarah Duncan examines the role of Philip II of Spain as king consort of England during the brief reign of his second wife, Queen Mary I (1553–8). As Duncan explains, Mary’s reign has been re-evaluated in recent years; however, more research and analysis is needed to clarify Philip’s role as an English king consort (p. 55).
Apr 22, 2024 · Meet Me at the Lake is a contemporary romance novel by Carley Fortune. It follows Fern Brookbanks, a woman in her thirties who runs her family’s lakeside resort after her mother’s passing. A decade earlier, a chance encounter with an idealistic artist named Will Baxter led to a whirlwind 24-hour adventure and a promise to reunite.
2 days ago · Count of Armagnac r. 1418–1450: Joan Heiress of Navarre 1382–1413: John I Count of Foix 1382–1436: Beatrice of Navarre 1392–1412/15: James II Count of La Marche 1370–1438: Isabella I 1451–1504 Queen of Castile r. 1474–1504: Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452–1516 King of Castile r. 1475–1504: Charles (IV) 1421–1461 King of Navarre ...
May 3, 2024 · The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469 was not just a romantic union but a strategic alliance that brought together the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. This merger was akin to a corporate ...
May 10, 2024 · Ferdinand III was King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor for a time in the 17th Century. He was notably emperor when the Thirty Years War ended. He was born in Graz, in Styria, on July 13, 1608. His father was the eventual Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, and his mother was Maria Anna of Bavaria. The boy grew up in Carinthia and trained with ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Many of Kate Chopin’s short stories set in late nineteenth-century New Orleans focus on brief moments in the lives of women, but in ‘Doctor Chevalier’s Lie’ we have a slightly unusual variation on this, in that the story is focalised through a male character, the titular Doctor Chevalier, who reacts to the death of a girl whose family he had met just over a year before the girl’s death.
