Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822) is rightfully considered one of the most mysterious and incomprehensible writers in the history of world fiction. ...

A book about one of the most mysterious pages of medieval history - about the rise and death of the spiritual-knightly Order of the Templars in the tragic fo...

One of the greatest geniuses in human history, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains in many ways a man of mystery. He was neither a professional artist nor ...

The world of monks inspired and shaped the civilization of the European Middle Ages for centuries. What do our contemporaries know about the daily life of mo...

Catherine de' Medici, the "Black Queen" (1519-1589), is one of the main figures on the chessboard of the political history of France in the second half of th...

One of the advantages of the book about Niccolo Machiavelli is that there is no hint of the mysterious “Machiavellianism” that has frightened many for centur...

The name of Friedrich Barbarossa still sounds ominous for most of our compatriots, since it is strongly associated with the notorious “Barbarossa” plan of Ad...

The book presents portraits of five outstanding rulers of the Western Middle Ages, whose activities largely determined the course of European history in the ...

The mystery of the Iron Mask - a mysterious prisoner of the Bastille, who, on pain of death, was forbidden to show his face to anyone and tell his true name ...

The book is dedicated to the medieval “science of sciences” - alchemy. As the author shows, despite the secret nature of the alchemists’ activities and contr...

The book by a famous modern historian is dedicated to the daily life of Christians during the formation of the Christian Church. Based on the richest histori...

The book by the famous French historian Pierre Antonetti illuminates various aspects of the life of Florence at the turn of the 13th–14th centuries, during o...