Edward III of England

1349 in Medieval England. King Edward III established this through the Ordinance of Labourers. It was originally created to encourage citizens back into the work force after the Black Plague in 1348 where it killed roughly 40 percent of the people. Ever since then, the world and most importantly…

The power of emotion: compassion In Marina Keegan’s essay, Why We Care About Whales, Marina claims on how humans value the life of humans and the life of non-human animals. The essay starts with a social occurrence of emerging beached whales. A natural force that is created by the movement of both the moon and the Earth push whales to the beach. While giving a detailed, vivid explanation of how beached whales die, Marina maximizes the sadness and lamentation of whales’ deaths. Furthermore, she…

society. The revivals began under the preaching of Jonathan Edwards’ novel, Narrative of Surprising Conversations, which was very influential to dissenters and conformists in the spreading of the revival spirit. The First Great Awakening also gained fame from the American travels of a young deacon of the Church of England by the name of George Whitefield. Despite the fact that Winfield had been appointed as a clergyman in the Church of England, he later partnered with other Anglican priests who…

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 and to penetrate armor. However, it took a long time to reload and long-range shots could not be made. The English had warfare knowledge from Scottish and Welsh armies. England began to use…

(MIP-1) Knights in the middle ages (SIP-A) (STEWE-1) Knights were the very definition of power. They had to fight in in the most gruesome battle in history, it’s no wonder that most common people were afraid of them. Most of the knights were spent their free time training, polishing their weapons and armor. Knights were usually wealthy but the wealthiest knights had three horses a tournament horse, a baggage horse, and a war horse (Walker 17). Knights live either on a manor or in a town.…

Niccolo Machiavelli influences rulers and leaders throughout history such as Otto Von Bismarck, King Henry VIII, and Adolf Hitler. In Machiavelli's book The Prince he gives political advice on how to ruler and govern their land and to gain power. He says it's better to be cruel than merciful and that it's better to be stingy than generous. Bismarck, Henry VIII, and Hitler follow his advice on how to be a good ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a diplomat and writer who was born on May 3, 1469 and…

the intermediary between God and everyone else. The conflict between Boniface VIII and King Phillip started in 1296 over who had the right to tax the churches. Phillip wanted to tax the churches in France to help fund his war against King Edward I of England. At the time, taxation of churches by Kings in Europe required papal authorization. This was agreed upon…

The revolt of 1381 was the first example of national disturbance in which all participants coalesced around the same issues with the governing power at the time. The revolt sought radical social reform and legal modifications and was spurred by the common people thus in the 19th Century named the “Peasants Revolt” due to chroniclers account of the radicals as rustici. However there was an inclusive element to the event and social range from labourers to village elite to even gentry was witnessed…

The political structure of medieval England. The medieval period in English history – often termed the middle or dark ages - began c.400 AD and ended with the beginning of the Renaissance period in c.1400 AD (History.com). This period of English history is often defined as the dark ages due to a general lack of knowledge, due to the lack of writing from this period that survives and can be deciphered. The political and social structure of that time was that of feudalism. In this essay, I will…

that, in 1509, when King Henry VIII gained the throne, he had commissioned the Winchester Round Table of Edward III to be repainted with a King Arthur resembling his likeness. This had sparked an obsession with King Arthur. He wished to become the Holy Roman Emperor, (as to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon) and the repainting of the table was designed to show, both Rome and England, that he was ‘obviously’ a direct descendant of the King Arthur of legend. In 1834, a fire had burnt…