Use of colours in pre-historic era Humans have been long fascinated by colour, which has played a significant role since the ...

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821 ... I suppose he wanted to liken himself to the French emperor and justify his own “might is right” behavior. But there’s another Napoleon quote ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis's death after almost 12 years of service. Saint Peter is historically known as the ...

With a reign lasting 31 years, 7 months, and 23 days (11,560 days), Pius IX holds the record for the longest verified papacy.

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In this small street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, which has hosted writers and artists over the centuries, culture is ...

Adam Zamoyski sets himself a different task: to peel back the layers of myth that have formed around the emperor and reveal the man beneath ... of Napoleone di Buonaparte before he became Napoleon ...

Emperor Napoleon’s Grande Armée faced off against an allied Austro-Russian army near Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna, Czech ...

"It was without my orders and against my will that the Pope was taken out of Rome," the French emperor wrote. A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius ...

"It was without my orders and against my will that the Pope was taken out of Rome," the French emperor wrote. A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in ...