The Curse on Pont-Saint-Esprit

In the past, it wasn't uncommon to have to deal with the Devil on one or several occasions of a one's life time. He tempted poor sinners, sowed disorder and spread disease. Rationalism has defeated many diabolical manifestations and today, Lucifer and his henchmen appear more sel ...  عرض المزيد

From the moment Europeans first set foot on what they would eventually call the Americas, their plundering was insatiable. Latin America and its riches crossed the Atlantic to enrich a few powerful people : land, ressources, forests, animals and humans were either exploited on th ...  عرض المزيد

Just before Christmas, 2021, Joel Vilard was driving his cousin home on a dual carriageway just south of Rennes in Brittany. Suddenly, a bullet flew through the window and hit the pensioner in the neck. He later died in hospital of injuries accidentally inflicted by a hunter firi ...  عرض المزيد

Cet été de l’année 1951 commençait pourtant de la meilleure des manières : au lendemain de la seconde guerre, la France se relève doucement, s’emploie à reconstruire ses villes, à relancer une production agricole à même de résoudre la pénurie alimentaire. Dans la petite commune d ...  عرض المزيد

If Gothic cathedrals, troubadours, and the Crusades evoke a certain picture of medieval Europe, you might be surprised that these foundations of a shared French culture continue to shape European society, all beginning with a single dynasty. Reigning from 987 to 1328, the Capetia ...  عرض المزيد

France 1346: The army of King Philip VI is Europe's pre-eminent killing machine. It's accustomed to crushing any force stupid enough to oppose it, and now fully expects to annihilate a motley band of English invaders in a field near the village of Crecy. Except as night falls, it ...  عرض المزيد