Holy Roman Emperor

Heraldic description of the coat of arms – the coat of arms of Ústí Region is a red and blue quartered shield. The first shield displays the Czech lion. The second shield displays an embossed silver tower with the battlement and seven crenels, the broken gate and the raised golden grate. The tower looms on the blue undulating heel with three silver waved beams into a green mountain consisting of three peaks. The third field displays a silver plough on the green lawn. The fourth field displays a…

Conquistadors were explorers of the Spanish Empire. From the 15th century to the 18th century conquistadors traveled across Europe to the Americas, Asia and much of Africa. They colonized much of the world for Europe in the 16th - 18th centuries. After Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492 and the first circumnavigation of the world by Juan Sebastian Elcano and Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, expeditions led by conquistadors in the 16th century established trading routes linking…

wealth. The fifth circle is where angry people are sent and they are forced to fight atop the river Styx. In the sixth circle people who have committed heresy, they are forced to burn in flaming tombs for eternity. Dante sees Pope Anastasius II and Roman Emperor Frederick II, along with other historical figures. The eighth circle of hell is for persons who have committed some sort of fraudulence; they are sorted into ten different trenches for each type of fraud committed. In order to pass…

Isabella I of Castile Isabella of Castile was a powerful queen who supported and funded Christopher Columbus’ many voyages and brought Castile’s crime rates to the lowest they had been in years. Isabella, daughter of Isabella of Portugal and John II of Castile was born on the 22nd of April, 1451. Sadly, her father died when she was three, leaving her half-brother, Henry IV as king (Historynet, 2016). At this time, Isabella was second in line for the throne, after her brother, Alfonso. Alfonso,…

to win the battle against Rome in their own territory initially seemed to be working because Rome lost 40,000 members of their army. Determined not to be defeated, the Romans organized another army and gained enough strength to win. In 202 B.C.E. during the Battle of Zama, Hannibal and his army were destroyed which allowed the Romans to further expand their empire. The Ottoman Turks originated in an area North West of the Anatolian Peninsula. In 1345 with the help of the Serbian and Bulgar…

the book, Pitti travels considerably more, spending more time outside of Florence as he travels to meet emperors, kings, and nobles. Pitti’s memoirs also take on a novel persona as he writes to show his own exploits to the future generations rather than a record keeping style memoir of Dati. Pitti’s description of meeting with those of a higher rank, such as the meeting of the Holy Roman Emperor, put Pitti in a…

possible to identify that the diplomatic situation did not help his case in getting an annulment and was most certainly a hindrance. The diplomatic status was of great concern to Henry because at this time the Pope was under the influence of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Henry would require the Pope to allow his marriage to be annulled but due to the circumstances Charles would have a large input into the decision. Henry was greatly in love with Anne Boleyn by this time and desperately…

in power in the early 1000s due to his father Mieszko I, Christianity, and his military prowess. Boleslaw I became the first king of Poland and was born to Mieszko I, the Duke of Poland, and Dobrava of Bohemia. At the time, Poland was under the Holy Roman Empire’s rule, as were neighboring kingdoms such as Bohemia and Hungary. Boleslaw’s father, Mieszko was part of the governing Piast dynasty, who came to power through a coup against the ruler Popiel in the 9th century. Boleslaw took the…

Octavian) because it had no royal connotations. In actuality, Augustus had auctoritas (‘authority’) far greater than that of merely a Princeps. He was an Emperor, but he did not explicitly say so, for his predecessor Julius Caesar had done similarly and as a consequence was assassinated by Senators for fear of his tyranny. There have been many Roman generals in the past who have made the transition between oligarchy and autocracy seem seamless due to…

In the 18th century, Maria Theresa, the young daughter of Holy Roman Emperor and Habsburg Emperor, Charles VI, inherited the Austrian, Bohemian, and Hungarian thrones, despite being a woman. Maria Theresa was the wife of Francis I, and the mother of 16 children, most notably, Joseph II, and Marie Antoinette, who both grew up to become major rulers. The archduchess of Austria came across many hardships and events that would slow down her reforms, but her power did not crumble. Whether it might be…