Henry III of France

intends to inform, convince, and entertain her readers. Weir begins the book by referencing other books on the topic of the murders. She states that these writers fall into two categories. Many believe that Richard III committed the cruel murders, and others believe that Richard III is innocent, and that he should be praised. Weir states that mistakes were made by these authors on understanding the evidence of the murder. Weir then describes the murders by focusing on letters and other…

even a royal clerk. Geoffery was born in to a middle class family, he was the son of a merchant. During the beginning of his life time, Chaucer worked for the wife of Lionel of Antwerp, the daughter-in-law of Edward III, as page. During his time as a soldier for the English Army in France, Chaucer was captured and held as prisoner. Luckily King Edward paid a sixteen-pound ransom for his release. Near his twenties, Chaucer married Philippa Pan who was a personal assistant or lady-in-waiting to…

Married: John de la Pole, married between 1444 and 1450, annulled by Henry VI by 1553. Edmund Tudor, married 1st November 1455-1456, his death. Sir Henry Stafford, 1458-1471, his death. Thomas Stanley, 1472-1504, his death. Vow of chastity in 1499. Children: Henry Tudor. Died: 29th June 1509, London, buried in the Henry VII Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey. Brief Summary (Write a brief summary of…

whether Thomas Becket’s fight with secular authority (such as the king) ended with his murder in Canterbury Cathedral on the 29th December 1170 . Becket was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by King Henry II from 1162 until his death , and came into conflict with him over clerical privilege, with Henry believing that the Church was subject to the laws of the land, whilst Becket maintained that ‘the church was above the law’ . This led to Becket’s murder at the hands of some of the king’s…

 The role of women One of the most noticeable features in the play is the treatment and the role of women in the play, especially through the characters of Henry´s two wives: Katherine and Anne, who present many oppositions between them, but a very important common factor, the portrayal of a silenced woman. Katherine is Henry`s VIII first wife. She describes herself as a helpless woman ` I am a simple woman, much too weak/To oppose your cunning´(Act II, scene IV). Her role is the one of an…

nuns affiliated with the Church taught reading and writing and ran hospitals for the needy. Pope Gregory I used Benedictine monks as diplomats/missionaries. He sent them to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons. The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before…

Kings Richard, John and Henry were highly different men. Richard was popular and celebrated, and his reign did not bear many difficulties to him since his interest lay on crusading. John was deceitful and callous, but he was a fair judge. And Henry was spineless and powerless through most of his reign. Though visibly different, all of them were faulty kings in their own ways. Richard became King of England after his father's death in 1189. Though remembered in history as a crusader who had done…

they controlled. Crusade III: The crusade then tried to capture Egypt but then they loss. That then resulted into…

Niccolo Machiavelli influences rulers and leaders throughout history such as Otto Von Bismarck, King Henry VIII, and Adolf Hitler. In Machiavelli's book The Prince he gives political advice on how to ruler and govern their land and to gain power. He says it's better to be cruel than merciful and that it's better to be stingy than generous. Bismarck, Henry VIII, and Hitler follow his advice on how to be a good ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a diplomat and writer who was born on May 3, 1469 and…

To understand why the conflict between the church and state aroused, we need to go back to the origins of this union. Otto I, son of the Henry I, Duke of Saxony was able to seize a large amount of land from the east of Elbe River, comprising Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, all the way to North Italy and parts of southern France. Thus due to his aid to the Church, Pope John XII crowned Otto I as an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (406 Bentley, Ziegler). This alliance helped to gain control…