“Now that she's going to drive out the English and crown Charles VII, who's going to look after the cows?” — Judy Budnitz Copy Share Image
“myself seemed actually to have become the subject of my book: a church, a quartet, the rivalry between François I and Charles… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
France's Charles VI was subject to fits of insanity and unable to rule. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
Charles VIII says of Alexander...All Italians are dirty dogs, and the Holy Father is the worst of them. — Borgia Copy Share Image
“The bags full of Turkish noses sent by the Uskoks from Senj to Charles V in 1532 may have been one of… — Simon Winder Copy Share Image
If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the… — Henry Cabot Lodge Copy Share Image
Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so valued learning, that… — Thomas Babington Macaulay Copy Share Image
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Charles V used to say that "the more languages a man knew, he was so many more times a man." Each new… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
In 1494, King Charles VIII of France invaded Italy. Within months, his army collapsed and fled. It was routed not by the… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
The pamphlets going back to London telling of the violent derring-dos of the Bahamian pirates were the ones that brought infamy to… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
“A lot of excellent illustrators are working at the moment--especially in fantasy and children's books. It is exciting also to see graphic… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“The dusty facts are that; Ferdinand II, the Regent of Castile, was 63 years old when he died on January 23, 1516;… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“NO PEACE TREATY WAS REACHED at Bruges because the English were determined to retain their former possessions in France under their own… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The inner history of the Magian religion ends with Justinian’s time, as truly as that of the Faustian ends with Charles V… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
“By idolizing those whom we honor, we do a disservice both to them and to ourselves. . . . We fail to… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately for Henry, Pope Clement VII was at the time imprisoned and under the direct control of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V,… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Pierre asked his confessor: “Is it a sin to marry someone you don’t love?” Father Moineau was a square-faced, heavyset priest in… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
