Charles V of France

The Hundred Years’ War started in 1337 with the king of England, Edward III, invading France to regain their previous territory. The French had the huge advantage of their large army and fighting on their own land. They started out using mounted knights with heavy armor. For foot soldiers the French used archers with cross bows for precision…

disciplinary actions upon the poor. Most people who were compassionate towards the poor were part of the Catholic Church clergy, but not always. A Catholic priest in France during the fifteenth century stated in a sermon, “Whoever gives a penny to the poor… in good health,…

Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Mary Stuart was born to Mary of Guise and James V of Scotland in Linlithgow Palace during the December of 1542. Since Mary’s father died while she was only six days old, she was handed the title of queen and Mary’s mom acted as regent (1). Mary had a tough life, as did anyone who lived in the 1500’s. She had many targets on her back being the Queen of Scotland and the Queen Regent of France. Mary Queen of Scots was significant for marrying King Francis II, her…

every country would fight for their nation and be proud to do so. For example, the Thirty Years’ War had a major draw with nationalism, each nation was fighting for the nation’s freedom and power. The conclusion of the Thirty Year’s War ended with France becoming the strongest nation and having a large advance in power over other nations. Nationalism shows a greater risk for causing was rather than dynastic rivalry because while people were wanting to fight for their nation, two royal people…

The concept of rule of law (ROL) was made popular in the 19th century by a British jurist called A. V. Dicey. The rule of law can be defined as the legal principle that a nation should be governed by the law, instead of being governed by decisions of individual that are the government officials. Basically, the law is subjected to every person in the country, the law that exercises limitation upon one’s behaviour including those who serve as government officials. The law has the utmost power and…

The Protestant Reformation was a major reform of the Christian church in response to problems that were found in the Catholic Church. Many people started to break away and form new Christian churches. The 1500s were times of alteration in and transformation of the church, and of social and political structures. Baptist, Anglican, Presbyterian and many other denominations of the protestant church are prominent in today’s society. However these types of churches did not always exist, and to…

queen. It is more likely Queen Anne Boleyn was no longer politically useful to the King’s advisers, specifically Thomas Cromwell. At the time of her death, the king was trying form an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire specifically King Charles V. King Charles V did not favor and boiling because of her support of the Church of England and Protestantism. He favored Catherine of Aragon…

until adulthood. Throughout Mary’s childhood, Henry VIII negotiated several future marriages for her. When she was just two years old, she was promised to the Dauphin (heir to the throne of France), the infant son of King Francis I of France. Henry VIII broke off that contract due to ongoing issues with France after just three years. In 1522, at the age of six, she was…

also caused what great unrest among the people as Phillip was inherently attempted to take more control of England (“Mary I – British History”). Another example of her unpopularity with foreign policy was her attempt at waging an unnecessary war on France, which resulted in the eternal loss of Calais, a French port used as an English stronghold for hundreds of years (“Mary I – British History”). Next, followed a series of religious uprisings against Mary due to her reversal in the Church of…

about two hundred and seventy Bishops were coming. The Council of Trent hoped to restore peace to Christians and correct broken or damaged morals. The Council of Trent was held because the Church needed to investigate the Doctrine and the reform. Charles V a Roman emperor…