The Jesuits are an apostolic religious community called the Society of Jesus. They are grounded in love for Christ and animated by the spiritual vision of their founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola, to help others and seek God in all things. The Jesuits We are the Society of Jesus, a…
The seven prisoners in in residence that day were: four forgers, the Comte de Solanges (inside for ’a sexual misdemeanour’) and two lunatics (one of them was an English or Irish man named Major Whyte who sported a waist-length beard and thought he was Julius Caesar). Cardinal de Richelieu was…
HOUSTON — It’s the treasure hunt of a lifetime, and now it’s landed them on national TV. The Hix boys from Baytown were featured on Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown” for their quest to solve the unanswered disappearance of French Pirate Jean Lafitte. They believe now they’ve found his sunken ship.…
Athenian slaves were the property of their master (or of the state), who could dispose of them as he saw fit. He could give, sell, rent, or bequeath them. A slave could have a spouse and child, but the slave family was not recognized by the state, and the master…
Battle of Edgehill, (Oct. 23, 1642), first battle of the English Civil Wars, in which forces loyal to the English Parliament, commanded by Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, fatally delayed Charles I’s march on London. The Battle of Edgehill took place in open country between Banbury and Warwick. King…
Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. The next day, Governor WallaceGovernor WallaceWallace opposed desegregation and supported the policies of “Jim Crow” during the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for “segregation now, segregation…
Significance: In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine” to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High SchoolLittle Rock…
The Yayoi people (弥生弥生The Yayoi period is generally accepted to date from 300 BC to 300 AD. However, although highly controversial, radiocarbon evidence from organic samples attached to pottery sherds may suggest a date up to 500 years earlier, between 1,000 BC and 800 BC.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yayoi_periodYayoi period…
To most people, World War II’s French Resistance, or Maquis, was a one-dimensional organization. It existed to do one thing: disrupt German operations, communications and transportation, primarily through sabotage and assassination. Politically, the Maquis were very diverse, including socialists, communists, and anarchists. Some Maquis bands that operated in southwest France…
The Zhou people had their origins in the far western reaches of the Yellow River in present day Shaanxi province. They conquered the Shang around 1050 BCE and established their own dynastyXa series of rulers from a single family.. The Zhou shared many cultural similarities with the Shang. The Zhou…