Battle of Bosworth Field

The Princes in the Tower Are you ambitious, ruthless, and willing to stop at nothing to get your way? If so, you would fit in with the royal family of England in the late 1400s. The Princes in the Tower were born in 1470 and 1473. Their names were Edward, Prince of Wales and Richard, Duke of York. Though their lives were cut short and they were never crowned, the mystery surrounding their deaths is still well-known today. Two theories that proposed to solve the mystery behind the Princes in the…

Amy Bushong E 314J Spring 2017 Historical Close Reading Hamlet and the Divine Right of Kings The concept of divine right experienced a forceful resurgence justifying monarchal rule during the Tudor dynasty due to the religious turbulence and increase in education that marked this period. The way through which the Tudors ascended to power was a forceful deposition of the current monarch, a direct violation of the divine right of kings made all the more ironic by their emphasis on the model.…