Joan of Arc and the fake news (4/6) Twenty-six months of public life
The eventful life of The Maid is well known. Yet it lasted only a little over two years.
History – Geography
Jeanne d’Arc and fake news (3/6) Who designed Operation Pucelle?
The ploy of the envoy from heaven to save the kingdom of France was conceived by an exceptional woman: Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Anjou, Queen of the Four Kingdoms. The operation was masterfully executed by another exceptional woman: the Pucelle d’Orléans.
Joan of Arc and the fake news (2/6) The Hundred Years War: why?
To understand the Johannine epic, we must go back to the context of the Hundred Years’ War and find out why Joan wanted, one fine day in 1428, to go and meet the king.
Joan of Arc and the fake news (1/6)
No, Joan of Arc was not a shepherdess, no she did not die on a great pyre in Rouen, no she was not called d’Arc, but Joan the Virgin. To put an end to the fake news of the 15th century that our historians have been indiscriminately repeating ever since.
The Seven Initiatory Journeys of Claude Vautrin
Claude Vautrin’s latest book, Sept voyages initiatiques, published by Kaïros*, takes us to distant lands where the visible world and the invisible sphere meet. Journeys to better understand others and, therefore, to better know oneself. A must read.
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The great epidemics of history
The Chinese coronavirus in Wuhan province reminds us that contagious diseases have always decimated populations. A quick reminder of the main epidemics.
75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camp of Auschwitz: an exhibition in Nancy
The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust was established to commemorate the liberation of the Nazi camp of Auschwitz.
Nancy-Metz Academy celebrates Franco-German Day
January 22nd is the historic day of Franco-German friendship, the date of the signing of the Elysée Treaty and the Treaty of Aachen in 2019.
Great East: Alsace dreams of freedom
According to an Ifop poll unveiled on 7 January 2020 by DNA, 68% of Alsatians want the European Community of Alsace (CEA) to become “a real region, outside the Great East”.
Will we still speak French in 50 years?
Not so sure! English is becoming more and more popular via our screens. Molière bows to Shakespeare.
Since when does the year start on January 1st?
Since the 16th century, shortly before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar on Friday, October 15, 1582. It was the day after Thursday, October 4, 1582. Explanations.
Nancy: civil status online until 1942
The Nancy Municipal Archives has just made a new series of civil status registers available to Internet users.