The Man in the Iron Mask (TRIH ep 411)
1670 · Resource
In the late 17th century, during the glorious reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, France was at its apogee, with royal absolutism at its zenith. But, beneath the gold and glamour of Louis’ reign, there lay a terrifying darkness: a prison system into which people could be disappeared without a trace. And at the very heart of this darkness there lurked an excruciating secret…a prisoner, his terrible crime unknown, moved from prison to prison, forbidden to speak, and whose face was encased at all...
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Around 1670
- Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687)
- English Civil War (1642)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Age of Enlightenment (1685)
- Kingdom of Prussia proclaimed (1701)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)