French revolution and kings
- Charlemagne had a series of very bad omens before his death in 814AD. A fireball even fell from the sky causing his horse to buck
- In the crusade by Pope Innocent III, the youngest crusaders were led by a 12 year old named Stephen of Cloyes. Most ended up sold as slaves or died from diseases
- King Louis IX was the only French king who, at his burial, suddenly sat back up and continued to rule for another 26 years
- The hundred year war started with victories for English archers but ended with a French archer, Michael Perunin
- Back then in France, the Catholics called their enemies/non-believers “Cathars” which actually meant ‘Cat worshippers’. This was because the Catholics said that their enemies had to kiss the bum of a black cat.
- When the pope moved from Rome to France in the 1300s, his palace at Avignon had 2 whole floors of toilets
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