James' army dissolved and he fled to France. Parliament ruled that he'd abdicated, and in what was called the Glorious Revolution created the constitutional monarchy we know today. Power flowed through Parliament first. James was still king in Ireland until he lost the Battle of the Boyne. ...
Charles abdicated in favour of his son Ferdinand VII but Napoleon saw a chance to replace Europe’s last major Bourbon monarchy and put his own brother Joseph on the throne. This threw the majority of Spain behind their deposed king and a violent war broke out which required Napoleon and an...
or that she should do it, the snake cleverly planted the idea in Eve’s mind that eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge would open her mind to untold wisdom. It would make her the intellectual equal of God, and the experience wouldn’t lead to ...