Search Results: Mont-Saint-Michel

Mont-Saint-Michel is the name of a tidal island located off the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, near the mouths of the Couesnon River and the town of Avranches in France. While the island of Mont-Saint-Michel has held cultural, religious...

Mont-Saint-Michel is the name of a tidal island located off the coasts of Normandy and Brittany in France. While the island of Mont-Saint-Michel has held cultural, religious, and strategic value since the Merovingians held power over the...

Two English bombard canons at Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy. The canons were abandoned by Thomas Scalles in 1434 CE during the Hundred Years' War (1332-1453 CE) between England and France

Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany in France stands the 'Wonder of the West', a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St. Michael, and the village...

Michel de L'Hospital (also known as L'Hôpital, c. 1505-1573) was a French statesman who served during the reigns of four kings – Francis I, Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX – as Councillor of Parlement (1537), Chancellor of the Duchesse...

Warrior with shield, one of the Giants of Mont'e Prama, Nuragic statues found in the Province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, during the 1970s, dating from c. 900-750 BCE. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari.

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a post-modernist French philosopher and is considered one of the most influential philosophers of modern times. Aside from his critiques of social institutions, his influence can be seen in both the humanities...

A c. 1903 landscape in oils, Mont Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne painted the mountain, located in southern France just east of Aix-en-Provence, almost 60 times in all kinds of views...

Boxer, one of the Giants of Mont'e Prama, Nuragic statues found in the Province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy during the 1970s, dating from c. 900-750 BCE. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari.

Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794) was a prominent figure of the French Revolution (1789-1799). After his election to the National Convention in September 1792, he led the push for the execution of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792...