Virginie Ghesquière: A Female Napoleonic Soldier - Shannon Selin
Virginie's story was popular, but was it true?| Shannon Selin
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell— Art history books are typically hefty coffee-table tomes with thick, glossy pages and handsome dust jackets; it’s rare for one to get a paperback edition, especially 10 years... READ MORE The post The Fashion Revolution, Revisited appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
This research on the Peace of Westphalia and Alsace tells how a peace treaty signed in 1648 not only ended the Thirty Years’ War, but also changed the fate of a region caught between empires.Signed in October 1648, the Treaties of Westphalia brought an end to one of the most devastating wars Europe had ever known — the Thirty […] The post The Peace of Westphalia and Alsace : from Habsburg to France appeared first on French Moments.| French Moments
The Peace of Westphalia: The End of an Endless WarBy the mid-seventeenth century, Europe was exhausted.For thirty years, the continent had been ravaged by a conflict of unprecedented scale — the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648).What had begun as a religious quarrel between Catholic and Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire had quickly turned into a political war, pitting the […] The post The Peace of Westphalia: The 1648 Treaties That Redrew Europe appeared first on French Mom...| French Moments
The architecture of Nancy tells the history of the former capital of the Dukes of Lorraine.Nancy is the city where I was born. My city of the heart, too.I didn’t live there for very long, but every time I return, it feels like meeting up with an old friend who has never really changed – […] The post The Architecture of Nancy: A Mirror of a Thousand Years of History appeared first on French Moments.| French Moments
To see a completely different side to Paris, stroll through the Left Bank to the Museum of Liberation. It's an eye opener.| Life…one big adventure
Virginie's story was popular, but was it true?| Shannon Selin
The life and death of a fabulous royal residence near Paris| Shannon Selin
