Despite being deemed impregnable, Constantinople fell to the Fourth Crusade in 1204 CE due to a lapse in security—a carelessly left-open door. Repaired by Michael VIII in 1260 CE, the city retained its formidable reputation. However, this did not deter the Ottomans, who ultimately conquered ...
Not only do Norwegians read a lot, but they also give books as gifts. When choosing a gift, they are most likely to pick a book. Nearly 80 percent of parents read aloud to their children at least three times a week. Books are the most common gift for children. Norwegians grow up w...
From 1147 to 1149 Eleanor accompanied Louis on theSecond Crusadeto protect the fragile Latinkingdom of Jerusalem, founded after theFirst Crusadeonly 50 years before, from Turkish assault. Eleanor’s conduct during this expedition, especially at the court of her uncleRaymond of PoitiersatAntioch, ar...
Jean, sire de Joinville, author of the famous Histoire de Saint-Louis, a chronicle of the Seventh Crusade.
(nominally a Crusade against theAvignon papacy) to Dunkerque (Dunkirk) andYpres(1383), but it proved a complete fiasco. After the death without male heirs (January 1384) ofLouis of Mâle, count of Flanders, that domain came into the possession of his son-in-lawPhilip the Bold, the duke...
Kramer’s career began to decline in the 1970s.R.P.M.(1970), which applied that abbreviation (for “revolutions per minute”) to student revolts, was widely derided. Moviegoers alsoavoidedBless the Beasts and Children(1972), a fable about six social misfits who try to free a herd of ...
Since there existed at that time no definitive rule about the succession to the French crown in such circumstances, it was left to an assembly of magnates to decide who ought to be the new king. The two principal claimants were Edward III of England, who derived his claim through his ...
Since there existed at that time no definitive rule about the succession to the French crown in such circumstances, it was left to an assembly of magnates to decide who ought to be the new king. The two principal claimants were Edward III of England, who derived his claim through his ...
In 1994 Hochul’s political career started on the Hamburg town board. She led a boycott of localExxonstations over their high prices and a crusade against tolls on the highways into downtown Buffalo. By 2007 Hochul had become a well-known figure in local politics, and that yearEliot Spitzer...
Although Vonnegut’s work had already gained a popular audience by the late 1960s, the publication ofSlaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade(1969; film 1972) cemented his reputation. Explicitly drawing on his Dresden experience, Vonnegut crafted an absurdist nonlinear narrative in which th...