Henry II of France

The renaissance occurred between 1450 and 1600 A.D. It was considered the bridge between the middle Ages and modern history. It was a period where ideas were reborn. The term ‘renaissance’ comes from the French word meaning ‘rebirth’. It is used to describe a phase within European history where many changes were experienced, such as a revival of classical art, importance of architecture, literature, science and philosophy. The renaissance was a time period that encouraged creativity and…

lower class did not wear it. It is, perhaps, the lower class did not put thick make-up as the aristocrats did. So, the wig also had another function, to differentiate the upper and lower class. The first time they wore a wig started when King of France, Henry III, use a wig to cover his baldness. Then, Queen of England, Elizabeth I, also wear a wig…

similarity, far from it. Indeed the parallels of their lives are eerily comparable. Both had occupied the position of Chancellor of England, yet through conflicts arising between the state and their consciences both were killed at the hands of King Henry, Becket by the second and More by the eighth, both in England, both in defense of the faith which guided their conscience and refused compromise even when such conviction threw their very lives into peril. Though time separated them by nearly…

Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. The book is written in third person telling the story from the time Henry Morton Stanley was born to time of Congo claiming their independence. Hochschild discusses the horrific things that happened in Congo at the hands of King Leopold and how Henry Morton Stanley played a role in King Leopold being able to conquer the Congo in the first place. Henry Morton Stanley was born as John Rowlands in Denbigh, Wales on January 28, 1841. He never knew his…

Include Impact/ Importance What is the difference after each war in the U.S.? Why do we get WWI us. WWII/ WWII us. Cold War? What ifs. Between the period of 1914 to 1945 the United states of America had changed dramatically. From the beginning of WWI the U.S. foreign policy was almost nonexistent, and its Economy was growing especially do to the amount of immigrants and it was in a time called the Gilded age. After the war was over the was an economic boost and then a huge economic downfall…

England was not seen as a good thing, [but] she has changed this vision forever.” So the question stands, how did this extraordinary woman, of the sixteenth century, do it? Elizabeth I of England was born on September 7, 1533, to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. For Henry VIII, the birth of a second daughter was a bitter disappointment, because he so longed for a male heir. His bitterness towards Anne had cost her and Elizabeth a mother-daughter relationship, because her mother was found guilty…

and all the nobles and church leaders within England. This was eventually broken up into two more sections. The House of Lords was run by nobles and church leaders, and the House of Commons was run by the knights and the people from each town. In France, there were three different estates. They were the clergy, the nobles, and the commoners. These different social and political classes eventually made up the Estates-General. The Estates-General was the first Parliament in French…

The Atlantic World opened up tremendous ways of trading to different parts of the world. It not only gave Europeans a different outlook on the world and trading, but it gave the European powers like Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, France, and the English a new way of trade and exploration as well. With the Age of Exploration these European powers formed, and by their influences sculpted the new world as well as the old. However, some factors that these powers bring led this world to its demise and…

are still used today. Her work on radioactivity led to her being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and advancement in the use of x-rays especially in the medical field. In 1903 her and her husband Pierre Curie were jointly awarded, along with Henry Becquerel (a French physicist), the Nobel Prize for physics for the discovery of radioactivity. Marie Curie…

King Henry founded the modern English merchant marine system, which was a significant contribution to the expansion of the English shipbuilding. With the enlargement of the British navy, Great Britain was able to start an Empire. A country, which desires an…