Oh, and they also played a huge part in the Crusades to recover the Holy Land from Muslim rule, which was initially very successful. and then a horrible failure. After the death of Charles IV, the throne of France was claimed by both Philip of Valois, and Edward III, king of England. After some disagreements, the Fre...
The UN charter set up a system of international law prohibiting wars of conquest, like the ones waged by the Nazis and the Japanese. It also served as a forum in which the international community could weigh in on disputes, and help resolve them. This way, the Americans hoped, great powers could resolve their differe...
The short twentieth century , from 1914 to 1991, included the First World War, the Second World War and the Cold War. The First World War used modern technology to kill millions of soldiers. Victory by Britain, France, the United States and other allies drastically changed the map of Europe, ending four major land em...
And because so many things often hinge on the meaning of Latin words contained in the said documents. We will that from henceforth all decrees together with all other proceedings, whether of our royal courts or other subordinate or inferior, whether records, surveys, contracts, commissions, awards, wills, and all oth...
So quite famously, that individual – known to us as William the Conqueror –invaded England with his Norman army and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 William the Conqueror thus became the new King of England, establishing a new royal house – the House of Normandy. Note that William the...
As one pamphleteer from Spain wrote in 1643: “Every nation is turned upside down, leading And then there was the 30 Years War, which unlike the 100 Years War, actually did last for 30 years. The war, which took place from 1618 to 1648, was tremendously destructive in Central Europe--millions of people were killed, ...
