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Hace 3 días · Een verhaal over marginalisering, vriendschap, gemeenschap, eerwraak, vrouwenhaat en femicide. De schrijver Djamel Bara liet zich inspireren door een moord op een jonge vrouw in de Franse banlieue en door de documentaire When We Were Kings over bokslegende Muhammed Ali.
Hace 1 día · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Hace 4 días · Henry VIII, the notorious English monarch with a tumultuous personal life and political reign, forever changed England’s history through his break from Rome and establishment of the Church of England.
Hace 3 días · Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
Hace 5 días · Seleucid empire, (312–64 bce ), an ancient empire that at its greatest extent stretched from Thrace in Europe to the border of India. It was carved out of the remains of Alexander the Great ’s Macedonian empire by its founder, Seleucus I Nicator. ( See also Hellenistic Age .)
Hace 1 día · Dominic West admitted his view of King Charles changed while he was filming The Crown. The 54-year-old, who played Prince Charles in the hit Netflix series, was quizzed on his role in the royal ...
Hace 4 días · Louis XIV (born September 5, 1638, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France—died September 1, 1715, Versailles, France) was the king of France (1643–1715) who ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles, during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age.
