João Luís Ribeiro

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Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis – Chosen by God, Esteemed by Men

Abbot of Saint-Denis, royal ambassador to pontifical courts, prime minister and counsellor to King Louis VI and regent of France during the Second Crusade…...

Mont Saint-Michel – Photograph in Stone of the Mentality of an Angel

Standing before Mont Saint-Michel, we stare in amazement at this stone giant rising from the rocky depths to rend the skies. From above, a...

Conquest of the South Pole – As Tall as Giants, as Weak as Dwarfs

The glorious times of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were in the distant past. The crusades, in which intrepid warriors combined the impetus...