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    This first report is on pages up to 115 out of 479, or Part I. Youth and Humility, of Catherine de’ Medici by Jean Heritier. Catherine de’ Medici was born in Florence, Italy on April 13th 1519. Her family was the ruling power in Florence at the time because of their successful banking business. Both of her parents died within a month of her birth, and at age nine she was sent to live in a convent until she was ready to marry. When she was 14, her great-uncle Pope Clement VII arranged to marry…

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    Catherine the Great Catherine the Great used to say “I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly”. Which means she likes to praise and reward good, in front of people so everyone knows. But blame is done quietly straight to someone’s face so that it isn’t public. In other words if you do something good I would make sure everyone knows about it. But blame is done quietly straight to someone’s face just them not in public. Catherine was also known as Catherine II. But her real name is…

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    longest female ruler ruling for over thrity years. Catherine's husband the grand duke Peter displease the military, nobles, offcials, and the Orthodox church. After 6 months of his rule Catherine formed a fairly coup d'etat to overthrow Peter, not long after he was murdered by those she conspired with. After Catherine gained power she acted in the favor of the military, church, and offcicilas yo avoid an uprising PR being know removed…

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    Creativity has been with the human race since the beginning of time, from designing complex infrastructures, to developing the first rocket to ever reach outer space.Creativity has lead to many of the most influential practices and ideas, and has inspired countless of other individual to think creatively. Although creativity may still be present today, it continues to fight a battle of extinction where creativity is bound to lose. While some scholars believe that creativity flourishes in society…

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    Siblings: Margaret, Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Mary, Edmund and Katherine. Married: Catherine of Aragon, 1501-1502- his death. Children: - Died: 2nd April 1502 Ludlow Castle, buried 25th April 1502 Worcester Cathedral. Brief Summary (Write a brief summary of there life. Highlight the key areas of their life) Born as the son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth of York he was the heir of English throne. He was betrothed to Catherine of Aragon and married her aged 14. He died aged 15 from an unknown cause, it…

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    Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived (“Rhymes For Rascals”). This mnemonic device is used to remember the culmination of the six wives of King Henry VIII. Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr are the women who have varying personalities but share a common spouse, the short tempered tyrant, King Henry VIII. Many important facts about what kind of a person King Henry VIII was are hidden by his authoritarian regime…

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    king of the Tudor Dynasty of England. He ruled from 1509 until his death in 1547 (Staff) . His desire to produce a male heir to continue the Tudor Dynasty consumed him. He went to desperate measures to obtain a divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. He went so far as to name…

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    Henry the VIII, king of England, desperately desired to have an heir to the throne of England. After his brother’s death, he married his brother’s wife, Catherine of Aragon. Catherine had a baby girl, but she never produced a boy. Henry became weary of Catherine and petitioned the pope for permission to end his marriage. The pope refused. After reading some of the reformers writings on the abuses of the Catholic Church and the corrupt practices, he decided that he too would break away from…

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    the University of Valencia before moving to Paris where he gave private lectures and began writing Treatise of his own. This particular source was written for Catherine of Aragon, and was the first of its kind to address universal education for women. Vives wrote this source to inform, his good friend and wife of Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, and other high status individuals of his belief that everyone should be educated, displaying a modern opinion for his time. However,…

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    When people think of Henry VIII, they usually think all the wives he had, the palaces he built, and all the murders he committed, but many people respected what he did and he is now an important figure in France’s history. Henry VIII accomplished many tasks during his reign as King such as being involved in the English Reformation and turning his country into a Protestant Nation (“Henry VIII Biography 1). Henry VIII, although he was a bad influence to his country, still managed to be remembered…

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