Charles V of France

Vesteras •Poland was split between Lutherans, Anabaptists, Calvinists, and Antitrinitarians •Reaction Against Protestants •Charles V tried to enforce a compromise between Protestants and Catholics •Turned to a military solution •Established puppet rulers in Saxony and Hesse, and issued imperial law that Protestants had to return to Catholicism •The Peace of Augsburg •Charles reinstated Protestant leaders and guaranteed Lutherans religious freedoms in the Peace of Passau - surrendering his…

Then, the new partners of Francis were his eldest son Thomas and son in law Charles Wall. After that, Barings and Hope were asked on to promote the largest land purchase in the history which was the Louisiana Purchase in 1802. This project was done in fast due to that time Britain was at war with France. With the help of the sales, the effect of financing Napoleon’s war effort. Basically, the United States was purchased Louisiana from Barings…

William Shakespeare’s elaborate use of characterization within the play Henry V. Proves suspicions that King Henry V did not believe the St. Crispin’s Day speech for his soldiers, but rather used it to further his own success. Shakespeare demonstrate this through the characterization of Henry. Shakespeare creates Henry to have characteristic such as, Henry’s immaturity, never to take the blame, his abuse of power through unnecessary games, and his deceiving and manipulative ways. A…

youngsters and Philip, exhausted with his significant other, invested little energy in England and gave no piece of his huge New World exchange system to the British crown. Then, the collusion with Spain dragged England into a military clash with France, and cost it the zone of Calais, the last foothold of England's mainland…

business and passed controversial and unconstitutional acts. He also led an undeclared war with France (eventually gaining peace). Unfortunately, he did not succeed in continuing the legend of Washington and gaining much public support,…

largely contributed to the spread of Protestant ideas. The printing press allowed priests and religious officials to print out their teachings and lessons for people to read. The priests were then able to send their teachings to other countries such as France and Spain, who then began to adopt the protestant ways. The Protestant ideas spread to England thanks to King Henry VII, who was the king of England at the time and a strong believer in the Protestant faith after he heard the teachings of…

The reading over these past few weeks covered a pretty expansive timeline. Starting in 1534 with the founding of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, on to The Council of Trent in 1545, and through the issuance of both The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870, and The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,1950, our readings covered a span of more than four hundred years of Church history. During this era, of which we now identify as the period of Counter-Reform of the Catholic…

Its military has fought for centuries for both political power and social unjust on its very own soil. Whether it be in be the 16th century under the Holy Roman emperor Charles V or in 1808 against Joseph Bonaparte. The country of Spain and its people are always willing to go to war and fight for what they believe in. Its total military strength is less than 173,000 with 50,000 of that being reserves. Though Spain’s military…

On October 19, 1781, General Charles Cornwallis of the Britain surrendered to George Washington of the Continental Army at Yorktown, Virginia. This date not only marked the end of conflict between the two sides, but the beginning of the construction of the government we have today. Many historians argue that the Americans had done something revolutionary by overthrowing the British Monarchy and establishing a Republic. Others will argue that the movement was not revolutionary because it did not…

top of the war with France, Elizabeth I also had to deal with the tension that Mary had caused between different religious factions. Although it was a lot to handle, Elizabeth I managed to end the tension between religious factions by calling for the passage of the Act of Supremacy during her first session of Parliament in 1559, this act reestablished the Church of England. She also assisted in establishing a common prayer book. She managed to not only end the war with France, but also to stay…