Several Venetian popes were elected from the 1400s to 1700s, and Venetian diplomat Alvise Contarini ... had become rigid and highly corrupt. The nobility, formerly active merchants, had become passive ...

There's a 1697 French engraving that shows a woman at the King's court playing peg solitaire, and if it had reached the highest circles of nobility ... back to the late 1700s in northern Europe.

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Julie Valdivia, owner of KC Conjure and Botanica, digs deep into her spirituality to help create a more well-rounded ...

Photo: Image: Francois Lenoir/Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron’s era of pro-growth reform is over. That’s the signal from the new 2025 budget, and Mr. Macron is the main architect of ...

But here’s some poodle trivia: The official dog of France actually originated in Germany, though it was French nobility who ...

“I can understand that it must be tough for the 1,700 families involved,” Mr. Legault told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday, focusing most of his remarks on the need for Quebecers ...

The 1,700-year-old tiles include images of the now-critically endangered Anatolian leopard biting the neck of an ostrich, a lion chasing a mountain goat, a bear pursuing a stag, and so much more.

Jan 22 (Reuters) - E-commerce giant Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, the company ...

Those lyrics, from the third verse of Samuel John Stone’s “Church’s One Foundation,” written in 1866 to rebut heresies about biblical inspiration then ripping through the Church of England ...

A care home resident has received more than 1,700 cards after an appeal was launched to help her celebrate her 103rd birthday. Mabel White, who lives at Watford House Care Home in New Mills ...

Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see. By The Learning Network A breakup? The end of a friendship? The ...