The great operation was planned in detail and in complete secrecy. Only the war minister Louvois (1641 – 91), Louis XIV’s new secret wife Madame de Maintenon (1635 – 1719), his confessor Père La ...

The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred from approximately the 14th to the mid-19th century, during ...

the bad oatmeal arrives on Madame de Maintenon’s table; the king, who loves hunting, avoids going out.” All European rivers, including the Seine, the Rhone, and even the Ofanto, froze. The fate of ...