Henry II of France

Saint Catherine was born in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347 during the outbreak of the plague. She was the twenty-fifth child born to her mother, although almost half of her brothers and sisters died during their childhood. Bonaventura, Catherine’s sister, died at the age of sixteen, leaving her husband as a widower. Her parents thought that this would be a great opportunity for Catherine to marry, so they suggested that he marry her as a replacement. Catherine was appalled by this idea and ended up fasting and cut her hair short to mar her appearance. Her extreme devotion to family made Catherine’s parents allow her to live as she pleased. Catherine treated her family with great respect, as Mary and Joseph would represent her parents, and her siblings as the apostles. Although Catherine was extremely devoted to her faith, she chose not to enter a convent, but to join the Third Order of Saint Dominic. This allowed her to stay involved in a religious society while living at home. Other Dominican sisters taught Catherine how to read and write. She began to develop a habit of giving things away without asking permission such as her family’s food and clothes. Catherine would give these things to people i need and put up with the punishments that she got from her family for doing so. At the age of twenty-one, something in Catherine’s life changed. She claimed to have been given a ring made of Jesus’s skin, along with the stigmata. The only catch was that she was the only one who…

son of Francois I, King of France, Henri II. The King and the rest of the French public quickly realised that Catherine’s rank was somewhat low to be marrying a prince, and that her dowry should have been larger. However, Francois I…

and Protestants struggle for control of France, Netherlands and England • FRENCH WARS OF RELIGION (1562-1598) PG 392-397 • French protestants= Huguenots- from Besancon Hugues- leader of Geneva’s political revolt against House of Savoy 1520’s • HRE emperor Charles V captured Fancis I of France at Battle of Pavia ion 1525-…

In the 16th Century, religion divided Europe. However, a hand full of rulers influenced their countries and led them towards success. These rulers were known as politiques. Politiques were rulers or people in places of position that put the success and well being of their states above religious unity. They did not just change how Europe was politically but changed it culturally as well. The rulers accomplished religious stability in their countries, balanced their governments, gained…

self-serving guilt as penance. Similar boundaries to redemption exist in Henry IV, Part 1, as its characters exist in the wake of the deposition and murder of Richard II. In the work, King Henry IV seeks expiation in a planned crusade, but neglects to abdicate the throne granted to him by his denial of divine right. Similarly, Hotspur seeks to atone for his rebellion against Richard…

information then setting. The Fictional book series is an entertainment source, which relies on creating a image in the reader’s head ergo the author has to spend more time detailing the setting. One example of this is “a jugged rumble of rough granite cliffs, tumbled boulders, and icy mountains.” The two sources I am comparing in this paper have comparable characters, but the personality of the characters is different. The two characters in reference are King Duncan of Araluen and King…

Henry II of England, was known through a variety of names. For Example Henry Curtmantle, Henry Fitzempress, Henry Plantagenet. He was known by “Alternative Titles: Henry Curtmantle, Henry Fitzempress, Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet”, as said in Justin D, Lyons article. Also he states Henry II Had a strong belief, to help the voice of the people be heard. “On the death of King Stephen in 1154, Henry came to the English throne at the age of 21 in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of…

Northern France in 1339, to the surrender of Bordeaux in 1453, the Hundred Years’ War is considered one of the bloodiest wars of its time (Saunders, Turnbull 125, 142). The war lasted 116 years (125). The Hundred Years’ War illustrates turmoil in history where England tried to control France so that the English kings could expand their territorial holding in France. The Hundred Years War that started in 1337 was actually series of wars (Saunders, Turnbull 125). One of the main contributing…

Richard was born on September 8th 1157 at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, England. He was the third of five sons of king Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard's father was an energetic and ruthless ruler, who managed to take control of large parts of Wales, the eastern half of Ireland and the western half of France (from Normandy to the Pyrenees, including, among others, the duchies of Gascony and Aquitaine, the counties of Anjou, Poitou, Maine and Touraine) , what would later come to…

Richard I was born on September 8, 1157 to Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Even though Richard was born in Oxford and had an English king for a father, he saw France as his true home. He was the third of four legitimate sons sired by King Henry, and was much closer to his mother. It was well known that Richard had no chance of inheriting the crown. His older brother, Henry the Young King, was declared his father’s successor in 1156, a year before Richard was even born. In any case, Richard…