“THE STORY IS A BIG PRESENT AND NEVER JUST PAST”
ALAIN (EMILE-AUGUSTE-Chartier)
“The adventures of the heart” 1945
Playing cards: Origins of a pastime that does not know Sunset
Old Playing Cards Playing cards are one of the most popular pastimes ever. On a gloomy winter evening or under an umbrella by the sea, they are a lot [...]
Theopompus of Chios is scandalized by the too much freedom of Etruscan women
The beautiful Etruscan sarcophagus called "of the spouses" The Greek historian Theopompus of Chios (?-320 a.C.) left us a description of the customs of the Etruscan women in which [...]
Fiction Leonardo: Last Episode Plot (Episodes 7 e 8)
Aidan Turner in fiction "Leonardo" The last, The highly anticipated episode of the Leonardo fiction will be broadcast on Tuesday 13 April 2021 Rai Uno (start around 21.25). What to say? Sponsored [...]
Etruscan women: Equality and Rights (almost Incredible for the Era!)
Statue depicting an Etruscan woman. Etruscan women enjoyed rights unknown to other peoples of the same age Etruscan women enjoyed rights unknown to girls and [...]
Shoe of Marie Antoinette Sold at Auction for 43.750 Euro
The shoe (right) belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette just sold at auction Can a Marie Antoinette shoe be worth well 43.750 euro? It seems so, since it is [...]
The doctors. Rise and Power of a Great Dynasty: a book not to be missed
The doctors. Rise and power of a great dynasty, by Claudia Tripodi (Cover) The doctors. Rise and power of a great dynasty, is the book by Claudia Tripodi [...]
Bearded: why Sweyn I of Denmark was called that?
To follow the men's fashion of the time, Sweyn I of Denmark went down in history as "Bearded" Sweyn I of Denmark (969 circa - 1014), Viking leader, son of [...]
Elementary School in Florence at the time of Dante (and Dante Student)
Middle Ages: two children learn to play What was the elementary school in Florence in Dante's time? What structure it had and what were its main characteristics? First of all, let's start with [...]
Nancy Astor e Winston Churchill: a funny bickering
Lady Nancy Astor, the first female MP in Britain. Some verbal clashes in Parliament between her and Winston Churchill have remained famous Nancy Astor, nata Nannie Witcher [...]
Philip the Good: (Excessive) Vanity of a Duke of the Middle Ages
Anonymous portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. He was a cultured man, intelligent and full of virtue, but also exaggeratedly vain The anecdote that I tell in this post [...]