DEPENING on what time of year you are near Pheasant Island, could change what country you are actually in. Only 200 metres long and 40 metres wide (making it the world’s smallest ...

Arsenic, cyanide, and mercury are all naturally occurring chemical elements and compounds that can all be fatal if ingested ...

France’s iconic capital city is filled with fantastic monuments. Many monuments in Paris are known all over the world like the Eiffel Tower and the Arc De Triomphe. However, some are less well-known.

The Nesle Tower affair, which began with mere whispers of infidelity among French princesses, spiraled into a tale of savage punishments and the seeds of a century-long conflict. At the heart of this ...

Pressured by his deep ties to the French monarchy - especially King Philip IV - Clement chose instead to establish the papal court in Avignon, a city then under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of ...

Sharing is caring, after all. The occasion was so momentous that a year later, French King Louis XIV married the daughter of King Philip IV, Maria Theresa of Spain, in the exact spot where the ...

Another claimant was Edward III of England, whose mother was the daughter of the Capetian king Philip IV and sister of the three last Capetian kings: one consequence of the disputed claim was the ...

At 14, Mariana married her uncle, Spain’s King Philip IV, then 44. The theatrical portrait ... had escaped Madrid’s control, while rival France had bested its neighbor across the Pyrenees ...

On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered a baseless persecution of the Knights Templar. During this event, Grand Master Jacques de Molay reportedly cursed his persecutors as he ...

The extended period of time was undoubtedly caused initially by the conflict between French King Philip IV and the papacy. This led to the so-called Avignon Papacy, a period of 67 years (1309-1376 ...

For three young women in the early 1300s, being the daughters-in-law of a king could be just as burdensome, especially when the sovereign was the ruthless Philip IV of France. Like many kings ...

If you were a member of the Knights Templar in medieval France, then you would have had a good reason to worry about Friday the 13th. On that day in 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the ...