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Joseph II’s View of Love｜What Devotion Hid Behind the Enlightened Emperor’s Reforms?
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Few monarchs in 18th-century Europe embodied such passion and contradiction in equal measure. As an enlightened despot, he rel... -
Marie Antoinette’s View of Love｜What Secret Longing Hid Beneath the Queen’s Jewels?
Born in Austria, and forever remembered in the storm of the French Revolution—Marie Antoinette. She is often spoken of merely as a “symbol of waste and extra... -
Elizabeth I’s View of Love｜The Virgin Queen and Her Hidden Tremor of the Heart
Among the monarchs of English history, few have stirred the imagination quite like her. Elizabeth I. Known as the “Virgin Queen,” she led 16th-century Englan... -
Emperor Hadrian’s View of Love｜What Truth Hid Behind the Roman Emperor’s Forbidden Love?
The 14th emperor of the Roman Empire: Hadrian. Born in a small town on the Italian peninsula, he would one day rule over the world’s greatest empire. Hadrian... -
Louis XIV’s View of Love｜What Desire Burned Beneath the Sun King’s Reign?
Did the sun shine even at night? Louis XIV of France—known as the Sun King—shone brilliantly in the sky of 17th-century Europe. Crowned at the age of just fo... -
Cleopatra’s Philosophy of Love — Honey, Poison, and the Queen of Egypt —
Where the Wind Blows A girl raised along the Nile would one day move men, bear the weight of a nation, and etch her name into world history. Her name: Cleopa...
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