The film “Emancipation” about “Peter whipped”, directed by Antoine Fuqua already has a release date. It will be on Apple TV, next December, on the 2nd, after its theatrical release just a week in advance, as announced this week, with the staging of the trailer: “Emancipation” Trailer “Emancipation” (“Emancipation”, in its original title) stars Will …
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When did Phillip II reign? Phillip II was born in 1527 and died in 1598 , and became King of Spain in January 1556 . He ruled the country in its so-called ” Golden Age “. However, his reign saw the economic decline of Spain , its bankruptcy, and a disastrous decade from 1588 to 1598, which included the disaster of the Spanish Armada . What was …
Two versions of the same historical image that, in reality, never happened. That really is political propaganda The painting of the neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David ‘ Napoleon crossing the Alps ‘ navigates, for the course of History, between art and propaganda, like practically all the paintings referring to kings, dictatorships and leaders of the time and centuries following, when there was no …
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Today we think of the dictators of today’s countries as “he who arrogates or receives all political powers , and supported by force, exercises them without legal limitation “. At least that is what the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy says. But, as the same dictionary also says, ” among the ancient Romans, “the dictator was a supreme and temporary magistrate, appointed …
The life of Charles Bukowski, following his long bibliography, is easily recognizable. In his poems, in his stories, in his novels, all the situations that he experienced are reflected. From his jobs as a factotum, never better said, his beginnings as a writer, his fights and his constant visits to the racetrack or even his …
Why was Attila called the scourge of god? ⚡ Attila, the king of the Huns, was known like “The Scourge of God”. This name is due to the Latin statement “Ego sum Attila flagellum Dei”, which means: “I am Attila, the scourge of God. And it was enunciated in 1387. That phrase can be read …
Che Guevara, a traveler on a motorcycle, probably without today’s mandatory motorcycle gloves (son obligatorios los guantes en moto) 😀 , traveled to Spain during the Franco regime, incognito, but with the knowledge of the secret services of Generalissimo Franco. That’s how it went. It happened in 1959, during the Franco dictatorship. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, on …
The concept of beauty has changed a lot over time. That is a reality that we cannot deny. For this reason, when we look for testimonies about the most beautiful kings and queens in history, if these characters are far from us in time, their images can be shocking to us. We can get to …
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Napoleón: buried in six concentric coffins and mutilated. This is how Napoleon lies, without a penis, among other things, in the Invalids of Paris. Mutilated Parts of your intestine or your teeth passed through auction rooms, or direct and private sales. Napoleon has written many things that are difficult to know how far the legend goes. …