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The Champagne riots remind us that even something as glamorous as a glass of fizz

Malcolm’s title, Useful Enemies, captures his main argument: that European depictions of the Ottoman Empire

Louis XIV was far from a saint. He was ambitious, often ruthless, and sometimes blind

From a swampy hunting ground to the glittering heart of a kingdom, from royal residence

From the mirrored halls of Versailles to the treaty tables of Europe, French once defined

In marble, she’s both untouchable goddess and a woman who chose how the world would

Discover how King Louis IX—France’s only canonized monarch—combined piety, diplomacy, and crusading zeal from 1226

According to a book, the scale was staggering: 442 people were eventually accused or named

Despite the controversy and the unpopularity she often faced during her lifetime, Catherine de Medici