This article analyzes the history of psychiatrists’ entwined efforts to understand the psychological effect of nuclear war’s threat and to disseminate those findings as a contribution to the antinuclear movement. The sub-specialty of ‘nuclear psychiatry’ sought: (1) to...

In 1757, Robert-François Damiens injured Louis XV by stabbing him with a penknife. The authorities and the press described the attack as an extraordinary event carried out by a fanatic who had nothing to do with the tensions that were shaking the country. However, the o...

For many years it was believed that Beatriz Galindo, called the Latina, had been Queen Isabel la Católica's teacher between 1486 and 1504, but some investigations have shown that during this period of time she was only a domestic servant of the Queen's House. There are ...