Francis I of France

Giovanni da Verrazano was a famous explorer sent by King Francis I in 1524, to explore the region around Newfoundland and Florida to discover a track to the Pacific Ocean. Jacques Cartier boarded upon one of three journeys to explore the St. Lawrence River and the coast of Newfoundland In 1534. Cartier was also responsible for finding a northwest route linking between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Numerous colonies were created by the French in America in places such as Parris Island, S.C.,…

Reign is a romantic, historical fiction television series that includes many surprises along the way. It is loosely based on the actual life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland. The series takes place in sixteenth century France. The first episode begins with Mary’s backstory which is actually quite accurate, including the death of her father when she was days old and her engagement at six years of age. The opening scene begins at the convent where Mary was being protected. England viewed Mary as…

Great War was one the first modern wars, as well as one of the deadliest at a world scale. Seventeen million people, civilian and soldier, died as a result of the outbreak of World War I. The war also wounded twenty million people with flying lead, poisonous gases, and roaring explosives. The border of Belgium and France became a series of trenches and a desolate field known as no-man 's land. Soldiers peering over trenches were shot by snipers on the opposite side of no-man’s land. Millions of…

Toba Ahmadi Ms. Kempin World History Honors 9 June 2015 “Chapter Questions” Question 1: Many factors triggered World War I. One factor was militarism. Right before the war, each country was concerned about growing and perfecting their army and to do so spent a lot of money. Countries expanded their armies and with the use of conscription were able to double the size of their military. Many militaries also practiced brinksmanship (or brinkmanship) in order to show strength. Meaning, that each…

because it was elegant and illusionistic. France extended into Italy, therefore, controlled Florence and sac Rome. Hence, the French High Renaissance has numerous Italian influences. For example, in c1510, Primaticcio designed the “Chateau De Chambord.” There are two influences in this palace: Italian and Gothic. An Italian architect planned the bottom half with three horizontal stacked stories. It is organized, proportional, and symmetrical. This is because Francis adored the Italian Mannerism…

under a famous Florentine painter Verrocchio. When he first started working, he worked under Ludovico il Moro in Milan. Later in life he worked in places such as Venice, Rome and Bologna, he spent his final years in France in a home that was given to him by the French king Francis I. In addition to being a painter, he was also a sculptor, mathematician, engineer,…

The term Religious wars is known as such from a series of eight conflicts that developed in France during the second half of the sixteenth century and in which Catholics and Calvinist Protestants clashed, known as Huguenots and by extension applies to conflict unleashed in Europe in the seventeenth century, whose causes are including religious reasons The immediate result of the war, and yet would last for nearly two centuries, was the consecration of a Germany divided among many territories.…

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till Italian John Cabot 1497, sailing under the banner of King Henry VII of England, did another European come into contact with Canada. However, it was Jacques Cartier of France who was the first explorer to explore the Canadian wilderness in depth, and declared the area around the St.Lawrence River in the name of King Francis I in 1534. It was from Jacques Cartier that the first seeds of the French culture were planted within the Canadian countryside. French dominance in Canada did not last…

Saint Francis of Assisi was born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone around 1181AD approx. 127 years after the split of the Christian church into The Roman Catholic Church and The Eastern Orthodox Church 1. He grew up the son of wealthy silk trader and was one several children. Francesco a nick name given to him by his father after a recent successful trip to France was born in the Italian town of Assisi. Saint Francis is probably one of the most loved saints of all time in the Roman Catholic…