Henry IV of England

Richard’s response is given after Lady Anne, she states “Would they were basilisks’ to strike thee dead.” referring to mythological creatures whose glances were deadly. As Richard realizes that his current approach of wooing Lady Anne had failed remarkably, he decides to advance his plan by taking over Lady Anne’s vulnerability by placing the blame for the deaths on her beauty so that she could see Richard’s actions as a boyish act performed solely based on one’s mind when they are in love.…

Is Richard a villain or a tragic hero? There is no doubt whatsoever that the acts committed by Richard III are are evil and most certainly egregious. Richard III did not hesitate a single second when taking the life of another; it did not matter whether they were young or old, family or enemy, male or female, Richard III showed no mercy when it came to his dark ambition. Firstly, one may argue that Richard III's excuse for killing people is merely caused by a lack of love from those around…

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…

Henry V by William Shakespeare is the fourth part of a serious that deals with the rise of the house of Lancaster. Henry V treats King Henry as a man who has grown up to be an adept king unwavering in determination to claim the French throne contrary to how he was portrayed as a reckless teenager in earlier plays. The play itself shows events between the battles of Agincourt a battle that was a major turning point in the hundred-year war. The play has since become synonymous to how audiences…

As John Gillingham states, “no other king of England ever caught the imagination of his age as did Richard Coeur de Lion. Troubadour, knight-adventurer, war-lord, Crusader-king, he was all of these things.”1 Undoubtedly, Richard's military skills were exceptional, as his numerous military successes as a knight and captain prove it. However, even as a knight, Richard was far from irreproachable. As John Gillingham says himself, Richard “was a warrior who lived all his life at the centre of the…

In 1598, Henry IV signed the Edict of Nantes, a document that put a temporary end to major religious wars between the Catholics and Protestants. The document granted Huguenots religious tolerance and some more political and social equality(Cavendish), although King…

sickly prince Edward to murder by a member of their own court. The most widely believed theory is that their own uncle Richard the Duke of Gloucester, later to become Richard the III, had them murdered on his orders to ensure his position as king of England. Many people believe this theory because it has so much evidence to back it up ranging from Richard’s possible motives for killing the princes, the timeline of which the princes were in the Tower of London, and the fact that it was widely…

January 30, 1820 THE NEW AMERICAN BATTLE TIMES King George III holding a letter. Yesterday at 8:38 pm, King George III died at Windsor Castle. King George III was the king of the United Kingdom during the American Revolution and he supported the British side during it. He was born on June 4, 1738 at Norfolk House, St. James's Square, London. His reign lasted from 1760 to 1811. His father, Fedrick Lewis, The Prince of Wales, died in 1751 when George was 12. His grandfather, George II, was king…

Venkatrarma’s painting of the Kurukshetra War serves as an artistic response to war, primarily because it portrays the battle between a group of cousins (Kauravs and Pandavs) for the throne of an Indian Kingdom known as Kuru. The account of the battle is from the epic Indian story, Mahabharata. The painting by the artist depicts the time when chakravyuh was formed as a defensive formation which appears like a blooming lotus by the commander in chief of Kauravs in the battle of Kurukshetra. As…

achievement of Henry VII’s – making the crown of England dynasty or making the country itself better. On 21st April 1509 Henry VII sadly passed away, leaving the crown to his youngest son, Henry VIII. Henry VIII then later married Catherine of Aragon on 11th June and after had their coronation on 24th June 1509 at Westminster Abby. Henry VII’s sole achievement was to pass the throne onto his son, which he did manage to pass the throne smoothly as everything happened at perfect timing. When…