The Two Texts of King Lear–The Quarto of 1608 and the Folio of 1623 An aging King Lear decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. He seeks a kind of oath of love ...

King Charles III of Britain announced plans on Thursday for a visit to France next month, his first trip to the country as monarch, after widespread demonstrations postponed a visit planned ...

Young students line up in the shade at St. Louis King of France School Friday afternoon, Sept. 22, 2017, as they wait for their parents or other drivers to pick them up at the end of the school ...

By destroying the sanctity and inviolability of the king, the guillotine had become sacred in its own right, Arrasse explained. The machine’s grisly status as a king-killer lived on.

Reconquering New France Reconquering New France Nearly sixty years had passed since Jacques Cartier, a French mariner, came to New France under the orders of the King of France, François I.

July 1608: Samuel de Champlain arrives near what is now Quebec City. He has been entrusted by the King of France to create a permanent trade settlement and a new nation: New France.