Why did the Six-Day War happen? Why did the Thousand Days' War happen? Why was the Hundred Years' War temporarily paused? Why did France enter the Thirty Years' War? Why did France win the Hundred Years' War? Why did the French Wars of Religion start?
Focuses on the motives that led Englishmen to fight in France during the 100 Years War. Role of propaganda in the enthusiasm for the war; Existence of patriotism among the Englishmen; Role of the profit opportunity in t...
Why did Henry Tudor have a claim to the throne? Why did Henry V attack France? Why is King Henry V important? Why did Henry V invade France? Why was the Battle of Bosworth Field important? Why did Henry V restart the 100 Years War?
In the century that followed the loss of most of the French territories of the Angevin kings, the English nobles and knights showed little enthusiasm for campaigning overseas: indeed, it was said at the time that the English knights did not give a bean for the whole of France. The refusal...
Recent years have seen a rise in research on sexual addiction (SA) and compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB). In the literature, these concepts describe an eme
To be fair, the Europeans have a bit of a head start on us. They’ve been drinking wine for 4,000 years; in the 12th century, one reason Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine was because her dowry included Bordeaux — then as now, one of the most important wine-producing...
Capri, on the other hand, did feel as if winter really isn’t its thing. It’s a good time to walk to the Blue Grotto sea cave and the Gardens of Augustus. But many of the restaurants and shops are closed and the piped music echoed a little forlornly around the pedestrianised stre...
“To criticize SDI as being ‘Star Wars’ is like criticizing the Manhattan Project as being ‘Star Wars,’” Pinsker says. “The whole point of both projects was to take theoretical ideas and make them a reality, which eventually both did. It didn't happen overnight with either, and bot...
Twenty-five years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, they crave the stability that the nationalist president represents.
in the world,whether it's Apple or Martin Luther King or the Wright brothers, they all think, act and communicate the exact same way. And it's the complete opposite to everyone else. All I did was codify it, and it's probably the world's simplest idea. I call it the golden circle...