Charles II of England

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    In 1215, The Magna Carta was brought up in a field in England known as Runnymede. The Magna Carta was a charter that was targeted against the deranged king of England at the time, King John. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote up the charter to make peace between King John and barons who despised him. Dan Jones explains the history of King John and the Magna Carta in an article he had wrote for the Smithsonian. In his article, “The Mad King and Magna Carta,” the author Dan Jones begins with a…

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    Politics was the main cause of the civil war because without the arguments Charles had with parliament or the extra money he charged people; there would not have been a serious enough issue to trigger a civil war. However there were also other reasons to start the civil wars, such as: money and religion. Religion was not the most important cause of the civil war as in the past there have been worse problem with religion and they did not seem to drive a country to behead its king. However just…

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    money that James needed yet they wouldn’t give it to him. This resulted in James suspending Parliament and consequently they didn’t regroup for ten years. When his son, Charles I, came to the thrown he already had a aversion to Parliament. Charles had the same ideals as his father did yet Charles acted over his people. First Charles forced his subjects to give loans to the government when the country was at war with Spain. If anyone opposed to do so, then the…

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    1. The English Civil War is one of the most debated conflicts in history. It was a complete disruption economically, socially, and politically. The wars from 1640-1660 completely changed England. The king and the House of Lords lost their power, and England changed from a monarchy to a republic, among other effects. On the first page, the author describes the effects that the war had. It says, “Sometimes such other events have changed the occupancy or the powers of the throne, but the conflict…

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    Nowadays James implication in the civil wars of the 1640s is lessened and the fault is mostly accorded to his son Charles, who was stricter and refused many of his father's ideologies or opinions. There is no denying that James's problematic religious policies participated in the growing instability and the rising tensions of the kingdoms but it may not have reached the breaking point had Charles been more…

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    The reign of Charles I, King of England, began is 1625. England was experiencing a rising conflict in its country due to simultaneous religious differences of Protestants as well as financial problems that all intensified under King Charles I. England was a Protestant country and when Charles started implementing changes in the church, many got upset and feared he was turning the nation to Catholicism. Charles also did not spend the country’s money wisely and found himself with the need to…

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    It is unquestionable that the reign of King Henry VIII was more duplicitous than the reign of Pope Alexander VI, due to Henry’s extremely loathsome and reprehensible behavior during his reign. Henry’s actions took the lives of thousands, as well emotionally traumatized the lives of thousands more. His wives primarily fell victim to Henry’s duplicitous acts as they were the closest to him during his periods of unrest. They regularly feared for their lives, which was a true suspicion for Anne of…

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    This morning, king Charles (The townspeople and farmers refer to him informally as Charlie or KC) received word that a fire-snorting dragon was again terrorizing the countryside. The monster is scaring the people of his kingdom, and several of the farmers have left their land. He summoned his legion of knights and advisors to the castle for a meeting. Once before the king sent the royal knights to stop the giant lizard from roaming the lowlands and raising havoc in the kingdom. But…

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    The events that took place during the 1649 re-conquest of Ireland are perhaps some of the most controversial in Irish history. Popular history tells us that Oliver Cromwell was a genocidal maniac who led an army with the aim of wiping out the Irish population. Consequently, the name Oliver Cromwell still brings out negative emotions in Ireland today. Cromwell went to Ireland with the aim of seeking the loyalty of the population to the Westminster Parliament. Attacks on towns such as Drogheda…

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    charles i is the king of england and also was the 2nd son of James VI of Scotland (James l of England) and Anne of Denmark., he succeed his father, from 1625 and was executed in 1649. charles was charming and dignified and was also aloof, he kept apart from people and was very narrow-mind. People around him or was in his country complained about his extravagance.charles was like his father, he always going out to look for money and his hobbies was art and enjoying owning fine possessions.Duke…

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