7 Catholic Sacraments | History & Importance

BBC Woman's Hour on Instagram: "‘Eleanor was one of the most formidable medieval queens we had’ Ever heard about the Eleanor Crosses?🤔 Historian Alice Loxton @history_alice joined @kyliepentelow on Woman’s Hour on Thursday to talk about these memorials to a medieval queen that she thinks we should know more about. Eleanor of Castile was the beloved wife of King Edward I of England. She died in 1290 and a heartbroken Edward decided to take her body on a 200-mile funeral cortege from Lincoln to L

Reich Historia on Instagram: "On February 2, 1944, Adolf H*tler personally awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Leon Degrelle, commander of the Belgian Waffen-S/S Walloon Legion, in recognition of his exceptional bravery and leadership on the Eastern Front. Degrelle had joined the Waffen-S/S in 1941 and immediately participated in Operation Barbarossa, advancing deep into Soviet territory. By 1943–1944, he had distinguished himself in multiple engagements, including the Third Battle o