Henry VI of England

as a dominant European power. In his final decades as King there were several wars in France that had depleted the resources they had and the mass withdrawal of the Protestant pop after the revocation of Edict of Nantes. Another King for France was Henry IV who was a Protestant and converted to a Catholic and…

Emperor Charles V was a Spanish ruler and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The painting is of Charles V after his victory at the battle of Muhlberg which won him the Schmalkaldic War, (“Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547)” Encyclopedia.com). Emperor Charles seeked to unite Europe under Roman Catholic but with the rising numbers of Protestants he declared war on Protestantism. Charles V was a failure not only because he failed to unite Europe but because he tried to use religion to control and unite…

Agrippina the younger was the first empress of the Roman Empire, which almost no modern sources remembered her as such; Agrippina was not often remembered at all, unlike Augustus and his wife Livia. Agrippina’s the younger played an important notable role in the Julio-Claudian family performance. Which had influenced her as its origin the only resource available to women of her time, and especially the male power. Agrippina was before Livia and the wife of one emperor and the mother of another.…

John’s unfair rule over England, barons and other nobles created the Magna Carta in 1215 in order to limit his influence, thus creating a balance of power between the king and his subjects that ultimately served as the basis for a strong and stable government. Written in 1215 the Magna Carta, directly translated as “The Great Charter”, allowed King John to appease his restive subjects. King John was the youngest son of Henry II and came to power in 1199 as the king of England. His rule was seen…

upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land,” ("Magna Carta”). This quote explains that the King must be true to the law rather than his own notion while judging someone. The extremely dominant monarchy that ruled England for years was finally…

job. It is extremely infuriating, however, if you never expect that you will be removed from your occupation especially if you think that you are doing a superb job. Cardinal Wolsey experience this sensation as he receives a letter from his king, Henry VIII, that effectively removed him from his position as an advisor for his monarch. In his soliloquy, Cardinal Wolsey uses a choice diction and a furious tone to express his shock and awe of the news and delivers his final advice to his king in…

King Henry VIII is commonly remembered as the English monarch who broke with the Roman Church. When King Henry VIII became the king of England in 1509, he started his reign with a lot of money and motivation to be one of the greatest kings in England. During his rule he declared himself the Head of the Church of England (Anglican Church), in effect, replacing the Pope. He quickly closed down monasteries and took all of their money. This caused a rebellion, but Henry stopped it as he became more…

In feudal Europe, the Catholic Church created hegemony by using excommunication to establish political control over the kings of Europe. At the end of the 10th century, Pope Gregory V condemned King Robert II of France for marrying his first cousin. Incest was considered a sin by the Catholic Church; therefore the pope did not approve. After the threat of excommunication, Robert “obeyed and married another, and his obedience affirmed Gregory’s authority.” This demonstrated how the Catholic…

She became the queen of France when she was only a teenager and was killed by a guillotine in her late life. Marie Antoinette had all of the above happen to her. Some may believe that Marie Antoinette was not much of a leader, but she had much more to her life than merely being a queen. Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1775, born into royalty as the princess of Austria. Her original name was Maria Antonia, but her name got changed into a French version in her later life. Her mother was…

Catholicism and Spain Catholicism ruled Europe with power and prejudice. It inspired the golden age of art and provided thick ideals that are evergreen in our forested society. The Catholic Church roused curiosity of medicine. Along with increasing curiosity, it hampered the progress of the medicine industry. Moreover, catholicism demoralized divorce. Catholicism implanted ideals that have ever lasted throughout the Renaissance. Catholicism affected medicine, discrimination, divorce, and…