Henry V of England

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    Sphere of Influence When Elizabeth 1 became queen of England, she understood the importance of controlling the way she was portrayed. With this control in her hands. Elizabeth created a mythical image of herself that subjects embraced also glorified. Elizabeth wasn’t just the queen, she was a great artist, but more importantly, her strong personality influenced along with inspired the arts, including the culture of England to reach new heights. Elizabeth became the Imperial Votaress in the…

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    The Survivors It was august 21st 2005 Henry Mcfelly just got told he come to Maine his mother was not doing well he wanted to say one last goodbye. Sarah Stone a smart creative business woman had to go to Maine for her job head of this new company Narha. As she was excited she got woke up at 5 o’clock with a smile on her face. They got onto the small plane and were told it would be a ten hour flight from CA to Maine. Two hours into the flight henry sitting they hyper and freaking out Sarah asks…

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    Women In Elizabeth I

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    One of the biggest problem during Mary’s reign was her marriage to Philip II of Spain due to their religion – both were Catholics. According to D. M. Loades in his book Tudor Queens of England, “in January 1554 there was a briefly dangerous rebellion in Kent, led by Sir Thomas Wyatt, which demanded that she (Mary) change her mind.” (Loades 194) English did not want that Mary got married to Philip II of Spain, they thought that a foreigner could be a danger to the country. In the book, Mary Tudor…

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    Queen Elizabeth's Legacy

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    Elizabeth was born 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace (Jokinen). Her mother was Anne Boleyn and her father was King Henry VII (“Elizabeth I” 1). Her parents were married in January of the same year Elizabeth was born (Sharnette). Elizabeth's father was hoping that Elizabeth was a boy. He wanted a male heir to take over the throne when he could no longer rule. Since Anne Boleyn did not give Henry the son he desired, she was punished. "She was accused (probably falsely) of witchcraft, adultery,…

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    Saint Quiteria Saint Quiteria was born in the 5th century in northern Portugal. There are different stories about her life. Both stories are very different from the other. Both stories tell about how Saint Quiteria survived hardship to fight for her Christian beliefs. One story tells about how she was killed and rose again. The other story tells about how she fought for Christianity. One story about Saint Quiteria says that she was the daughter of a prince in Portugal. When she was old…

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    Queen Elizabeth The 1st of England, was a very powerful and effective leader because of her allowance of religious freedom, her secure form of government, and strong leadership despite her protesters. When queen Elizabeth came into power in England it was her responsibility stabilize the shaky government put in place by her late sister Mary. Mary ruled england loosely and without power, this led to the citizens of England gain more power than they need. Because of the lack of power that was…

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    Henry II of England, was known through a variety of names. For Example Henry Curtmantle, Henry Fitzempress, Henry Plantagenet. He was known by “Alternative Titles: Henry Curtmantle, Henry Fitzempress, Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet”, as said in Justin D, Lyons article. Also he states Henry II Had a strong belief, to help the voice of the people be heard. “On the death of King Stephen in 1154, Henry came to the English throne at the age of 21 in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of…

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    Queen Elizabeth I was an important monarchial leader who greatly reformed and helped England to thrive. Born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich England, she was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. The role of women was very insignificant during the time of Elizabeth’s period. They were expected to be housewives and mothers. Women during this time frame were considered to be weak, and it was always thought to be that women needed someone to take care of them, such as…

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    On September 5, 1638, the future fourteenth King Louis that France would see in it’s history, was born in St.-Germain-en-Laye, France. This would later be found out to be an important date to one of the most influential and longest reigning kings in France. He was born to King Louis XII of France and Anne of Austria. The reign of King Louis XIII would soon be gone from the memories of citizens and a new King would rule over France for over 70 years. His name was Louis-Dieudonné and he would…

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    Queen of England in 1559 was Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Prince Henry the eighth and Anne Boleynn. Elizabeth had no children therefor did she ever felt the need to marry. Queen Elizabeth had and interesting childhood as a princess she had a stormy relationship with her sister Marry Tudor then Elizabeth became queen when marry passed away, and she had an unlovable relationship with one of her female cousins named Marry (queen of Scotts). Queen Elizabeth was born in September 7 1533. She was…

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