niedziela, 18 marca 2018

The style of Louis XIV → Styl Ludwika XIV.-> 1.

 
 
 
 

E: A round of parties kicks off in the new gardens at Versailles to celebrate French occupation of the Franche-Comté & King Louis XIV's new lover, Mme. de Montespan. Music by Lully is played in the gardens of the Porcelain Trianon, followed by an illuminated supper in the Salle des Festins.
 
P: W nowych ogrodach w Wersalu rozpoczyna się runda imprez z okazji francuskiej okupacji Franche-Comté i nowej kochanki króla Ludwika XIV, Mme. de Montespan. Muzyka Lully grana jest w ogrodach Porcelaine Trianon. Później następuje podświetlona kolacja w Salle des Festins.


E: The style of Louis XIV is also called the French baroque. He manifested mainly in palace architecture, garden art, interior decoration and artistic craftsmanship
as well as furniture and ceramics.
 
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niedziela, 11 marca 2018

Heritage of Louis XIV → Dziedzictwo Ludwika XIV

 
 
 
 






E: The wars led by Louis XIV largely contributed
to the deep economic crisis that affected France during
the last dozen or so years of his reign. The economic slump was also due to crop failure, due to spontaneous catastrophes that hit agriculture in France in 1709
and a few years later. The crisis was very painful,
it manifested itself mainly in the decline in food production and the great pauperization of the population,
which caused the famine that affected whole
regions of the country.


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niedziela, 4 marca 2018

Colonial expansion of Louis XIV → Ekspansja kolonialna Ludwika XIV





E: All these wars cost France a lot. The colonial expansion of France was also costly, with the French overseas property significantly increased during the reign of Louis XIV, including the western part of the island of Haiti → today's Haiti in the Caribbean → Formally the Spaniards relinquished this land to France under
 the Treaty of Ryswick.
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niedziela, 18 lutego 2018

niedziela, 11 lutego 2018

Louis XIV Great, King - Sun → Ludwik XIV Wielki, Król Słońce

 




Louis XIV, King of France → Ludwik XIV, Król Francji.
 
 



E: Louis XIV Great, King - Sun → french le Roi-Soleil → born on September 5, 1638 → king of France
and Navarre, son of Louis XIII, of the Bourbon dynasty.
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niedziela, 4 lutego 2018

Heinrich Schliemann and Treasury of Priam. -> Heinrich Schliemann i Skarb Priama.





 
Heinrich Schliemann
 
 

E: Childhood, it was during this period that his interest

in Troy and its heroes was born. At the age of 7,

 he received from his father Christmas gift for Jerrera's "Illustrated History of the World", in which he was most impressed with the engraving depicting the fire of Troy.

It was then that he decided to find this city once.

As a nine-year-old, he played with the daughter of a nearby farmer Minna Meincke in archaeological excavations.

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niedziela, 28 stycznia 2018

niedziela, 21 stycznia 2018

Godowe's feast → Święto Godowe → Part 2 → Część 2.


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E: During Godowe's feast, the course of next year,
 for example, weather and harvest was foretold.
From the weather condition during the next twelve days,
a fortune was made for the following months of the year respectively.

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niedziela, 14 stycznia 2018

Godowe's feast → Święto Godowe → Part 1 → Część 1.






 
 


E: Before I tell you about the Godowe's feast, I will start with diduchy. Strictly speaking, it means grandfather.
In the East Slavic tradition at the beginning of Christmas, the first mowed wheat and oats or rye with ears of corn were placed in the corner of the room.
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poniedziałek, 1 stycznia 2018

Istrian mythology -> Mitologia iryjska. -> Part 2 -> Część 2.


 
 

 




E: The next ruler was Dagda the main god of Celtic.
His name means "Good God" or "Good, clever Hand".
He was also known as Cera → Creator, Ruaidh Rofhessa → Redhead of Perfect Knowledge. He also carried the name Eochaid Ollathair → "Forefather." He was the god of druids, agriculture, abundance and fertility. He embodied perfection, he possessed a secret perfect knowledge.

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