The aim was to enable Cicci's family to join the nobility, which he actually succeeded in doing. "This 18th century forgery by an Italian counterfeiter almost led historians down the wrong track ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic ... By 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis ...

The same French nobility that later would be overtaken by greed ... The French in the 17th and 18th century, however, didn’t have the luxury of having one central denominator, as the livre from one ...

The demise of the Old Polish outfit began toward the end of the 18th century, when Poland was partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austro-Hungary. At the time, French fashion was becoming more and more ...

Zhemgang—Located in the remote hamlet of Bjoka, one and half hour from the sleepy town of Panbang in Zhemgang Dzongkhag, the 18th century mansion of Bjoka Khoche (nobility) has weathered the vagaries ...