Charles VII of France

Charles VII was faced with many problems in France after the Hundred Years war and had to revive the monarchy and France itself. He was frail, indecisive, and faced questions about his father because of his deranged father and notoriously promiscuous mother. They also faced effects of the Hundred Years war which included drastic depopulation, being commercially destroyed, and weak agriculture. In order to strengthen the monarchy, Charles obtained more control over the…

was a series of battles between England and France, and the complications of the historical relationship between the two neighboring countries. Also discussed are the numerous technological developments and important events that occurred from the war. This paper will also discuss what caused…

in something so fervently that you would die for that simple idea. During the Hundred Years War Joan of Arc claimed to have received visions from the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine, all of whom told her to support Charles VII to recover France from English rule. She was later put on trial and burned at the stake for heresy and died at the age of nineteen. The idea of believing in something that much, to the point that I would rather be burned at the stake than renounce my…

The Middle Ages were filled with fear, death, strife, war, and famine. All who lived during the years 1300-1453 faced plague, war, and schism. However, not all of this time was bad. Education was more accessible for people. A strong feeling of nationalism struck the people of war-torn countries. Most importantly, the turmoil of the Dark Ages led to one of the greatest periods of discovery and creativity known to man: the Renaissance. The three events that characterized the Dark Ages—The Black…

One of the youngest people in history to command the armies of a nation includes Joan of Arc. In 1456, (10 years after Joan of Arc’s death) King Charles ordered an investigation on her case and resulted in declaring that Joan was actually innocent of all charges she had against her (around 70 charges). Although, after Joan of Arc’s death, she became extremely dangerous to England by engaging the century-long…

power through King Henry VIII’s break from the Catholic Church or the Holy Roman Empire prince’s converting to Lutheranism. The Reformation also caused several wars through several of its denominations, such as the Swiss civil wars or the war against Charles V. The changes in the views of women and their lives was a consequence of the Protestant Reformation. Previously, during the Middle Ages, many people viewed and degraded women as temptresses, following the model of Eve, or exalted them as…

1.The Great Famine was mainly caused by severe weather. There were an unusual number of storms, which ruined crops people largely depended on, like wheat, oat, and hay crops. Food was scarce, and a price inflation ensued. The Great Famine profoundly impacted medieval society because it resulted in a higher mortality rate, higher crime rate, and less productivity from the laborers due to insufficient nutritions. Additionally, villages were abandoned and there was an increase in vagabonds, or…

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 John Calvin. King Henry VII worked to get his country to change from the Catholic faith, which many of the English people were following at the time, to the Protestant faith he followed. King Henry VII eventually succeeded,…

Swiss never merged into the French army. The Cantons remained “sovereign” and “reserved the right to withdraw.”(4) they even had their own judges, flags, and spoke in German rather than French. In later agreements between France and the Cantons it would be stated that France was the Fatherland of the Canton…

she was born great and was inspired by the divine to use her greatness for good which makes her saintly. Even though Joan was born into unremarkable circumstances, she was a remarkable woman. Joan was born in the village of Domrémy in north-east France which was undergoing political turmoil from the hundred year war (). As a result of the economic circumstances in that time, she was born into a poor family in a small town…