Henry II of France

To what extend was Oliver Cromwell successful in the battle of Naseby in 1645 Oliver Cromwell was an English soldier and also statesman that was born in April 25, 1599 in Huntingdon, United Kingdom and died in September 3, 1658 in London. This important English man was elected to be parliament, which is the legislature of Great Britain two different years, 1628 at the age of 29 and 1640 at the age of 41. Two years after, in 1642 he helped organize armed forces right after when the civil war…

MONACO Monaco or officially the Principality of Monaco is a sovereign city state, microstate and country located on the French Riviera in Western Europe. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea. The country is divided into four areas: Monaco-Ville (the old city), the Condamine (port quarter), Monte-Carlo (business and recreation), and Fontvieille (recreation and light industry). Monaco The area of Monaco is only 499 acres. Monaco is…

Today, in Egypt, we are left with the ruins of art and architecture. The pyramids, sphinxes, and tombs were torn apart by the later Egyptian Dynasties and destroyed by looters. Some of the loss of artifacts this have to do with time, earthquakes, and past looters, but the biggest culprits, that many do not think of first, are the early Egyptologists. It was all about getting the biggest and most impressive objects and not really about the importance of the object in context to the area. Because…

There is a new Queen, who was born among royalty during the year of 1558 in Hatfield, England. She is one of the three surviving children of King Henry VIII and the most unlikely to be next in line for the throne. She would rule during a time period where her Protestant faith would be tested in the highest regard due to her mother and her brother previous rule before her. She never knew her mother, Anne Boylan, for she was beheaded before the people for being “unfaithful” to the king. The main…

coming in the form of monarchies needing new sources of income to sustain their position; they were ultimately forced to look across the sea and use naval expansion overseas as a solution to their financial problems; this was first recognized by Prince Henry “The Navigator”. The ideological aspect was defined by Reinhard in which he states, “ Religious and cultural motives are also crucial. At stake was often a desire to bring true faith to the heathens, true…

she remained for the next nineteen years. This was because Mary was a threat to Elizabeth’s reign, because of Mary’s Catholicism, and her strong claim to the English throne. Mary grew up in the French court. She married the king of France in 1558, and was queen of France, a Catholic nation, for a year in 1559, this is a contributing factor in why Mary was such a devout Catholic, and therefore…

The nations overall income rose dramatically and the distribution of money was poorly mishandled. The upper class people’s income in the economy was higher than the combined income of the middle and lower class people. One example maldistribution is Henry Ford. Mr. Ford was making an enormous amount of money from his new automobile invention, the Model T. Ford was bringing home almost 14 million dollars per year in a time a loaf of bread was 5 cents. The average income back then was just 750…

the memory of many as the revolution that paved way for the development of democracy in England. It refers to the events of 1688- 1689 which are also widely known as the English revolution or the Bloodless revolution. It is the period when King James II of England and Ireland, was deposed and the sovereignty was conferred on William of Orange and his wife Mary. It was a turning point in the history of England as the parliament succeeded in destroying the divine right theory of kingship that…

It was Frederick the Great’s personal insecurity about Prussia’s lack of political dominance over Europe that produced what could arguably be considered the actual First World War: the Seven Year’s War in Europe. Triggered by Frederick’s invasion of Saxony in 1754, the Seven Years’ War began with a bleak prospect for Prussia and developed into a spectacle of Frederick’s military genius, with Prussia surviving the war despite copious adversities. The war, then, became a means through which…

duke yet lives that Henry shall depose. — Henry VI (1.4.30), by Shakespeare Amphiboly occurs frequently in poetry, sometimes owing to the alteration of the natural order of words for metrical reasons. The sentence could be taken to mean that Henry will depose the duke, or that the duke will depose Henry. Eduardum occidere nolite timere bonum est. — Edward II by Marlowe According to legend, Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March famously plotted to murder Edward II of England in…