Henry II of France

accompanying text, the roll-maker shows that Matilda, Queen of Henry I, was the daughter of Saint Margaret, the Queen of Scotland. Margaret was a descendent of the Anglo-Saxon line of kings through Edgar the Aetheling. Malcom, the King of Scotland, was a descendent of the Scottish line of kings. Therefore, by marrying Matilda, Henry I strategically integrated himself into two illustrious lines of kings. Through the Matilda-Henry marriage, the Anglo-Saxon line became part of the ruler’s…

The Italian Renaissance is one clear example. During the period of the High Renaissance (1450-1527), which was when art and sculpture met their peak in Italy, things were going on all over the place in Venice, Milan, the Papal States, Spain, France, and Rome. Not only did the French invade Italy, starting a vicious war, but Machiavelli wrote The Prince, which changed the Italian minds of literature forever. Overall, I disagree with this assumption because of the prosperity of the Renaissance…

up as the king or queen, but he was higher up than a peasant because he was born into a family that was in the middle-upper class, or in other words the middle gentry (upper class). He came from a family who was descendants of the sister of King Henry the VIII’s minister Thomas Cromwell who was pretty out of place his first forty in his life then he underwent religious conversion in the early to late sixteen thirties.After…

Her reign was even known as the golden age. She accomplished so much in her reign. She defeated the Spanish Armada; she extended England’s possessions in America, therefore founding the colony of Virginia. She also ended the war between England and France, as well as preventing many political issues. So many people admired and loved her. Queen Elizabeth I benefitted England in so many ways and deserves to be remembered for all of her…

Struggle was a power struggle between the church and the monarchy. This rivalry had been brewing for a very long time, but it reached it’s climax in the depute between king Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. The church had recently taken the power to appoint the Pope from the king and established the College of Cardinals to do the job. Henry IV was against this idea, eventually retaliated and was promptly excommunicated. The struggle went on for quite some time with the Church appearing to win. At…

Paris is one of the world’s most famous locations! It is best known for its amazing monuments and amazing attractions. The city of Paris, France, goes way back to more than 2000 years back in time. Lots of people think Paris has some of the most interesting history to it in all its years. In 52 B.C. Julius Caesar took control of the city of Paris when it was just starting to grow into a huge civilization, and it was just a little fishing village for the new people there. Back then when it was…

always in the middle of Irish trades. Henry Grattan became a leading figure by 1778 when the Irish volunteers,a nationalist force, he adopted catholic emancipation in 1742, even though he hated it. With the Clerkenwell explosion and Irish republican actives, prime minister, Gladstone suggested that “first induced the British people to embrace, in a manner foreign to their habits in other times, the vast importance of the Irish controversy.”(Kee,21) When France became allies with the United…

all of Christendom, including its rulers” thus no one could appoint him or anyone when God had already done so. The Investiture Controversy was born from this as the actions Pope Gregory VII took to fight this practice led him to conflict with King Henry IV of Germany. The Investiture Controversy “was one of the great conflicts between church and state in the High Middle Ages.” An agreement was settled upon in 1122 between the new pope of the time and the new king of Germany. This agreement…

carefully planned suburbs. In Riverside, parks were the focal point. These communities paved the way for more planned communities in the twentieth century. It was the middle ground between overpopulated city life and the rural environment. After World War II, Levitt and Sons were contracted to build war worker’s homes. Levittown houses were built so fast because of their assembly-like technique. GI’s with their young families were attracted to the suburb, later nicknamed “Fertility Valley.” The…

Jousting Tournaments In the medieval times Jousting was a famous sport The process of becoming a knight was not a simple or easy task, in order to be a knight you needed to have the right connections, although you can become a knight as a free man but because of horses, armour, and weapons were so expensive it was more common for a noble or wealthy man to become a knight. Your journey to becoming a knight started at the age of seven, of which you would be called a Page, the job of being a…