Tag: Royals

During its isolation (1641-1853), Japan was quite a ‘mysterious country’ to the Europeans. Although there was an exchange of goods, and Japan allowed some Europeans to do business on a tiny island called Dejima, the life of Japanese people mostly remained unknown. Photo by the aut...

The history of the Spanish royal family between 1547 and 1759 was one of almost constant misfortune, due to the physical and mental infirmities of many of its members. There were intervals during which sanity was resumed, but these did not last. There was one single root cause, namely the royal c...