James I of England

Sir George Calvert was also known as the first Baron of Baltimore. He was born in Yorkshire, England in 1580 to parents, Leonard and Alice Calvert. (“Biography) Calvert was raised with Protestant beliefs. (“Land”) When he was Fourteen years old, he attended Trinity College in Oxford, England and graduated in 1597. (“Baltimore”) Calvert learned to speak three different languages (“Maryland”) He could also write in Latin. While traveling of the continent, he met Sir Robert Cecil.…

term and short term causes including the ruling of father and son, James I and Charles I, and the opposition between Puritans and Catholics. Threats and outrage were felt by civilians and high authorities tipping the iceberg for war (The History Learning). Charles I resembled his father, James I, in many ways. Long before the resistance of King Charles I, the status of the monarchy began to decline under the reign of his father, James I. Both rulers at one point dismissed the Parliament to…

Sir Walter Raleigh had many great achievements and was recognized for many things in his lifetime. Raleigh was born in 1552 in Hayes Barton, Devon, SW England, UK. He studied at Oriel College in Oxford from 1572-1574. Raleigh later served in the army in Ireland becoming one of the Queen Elizabeth’s favorites. He was given land from the Queen and became captain of her guard. Walter Raleigh wrote in reply to others. His poem The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd was in reply to Christopher Marlowe’s…

Charles II (1630-1685) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland between 1660 and 1685. He was the son of the executed king Charles I. Charles I lost the second civil war, between the ‘royals’ and the long parliament. The leader of the parliament, in the civil war, was Oliver Cromwell. So, he came in power short after the execution of Charles the I. Cromwell dismantled the pulicchurch and he chose a strict and sober new course. For example, theathers were forbidden and adultery was punishable by…

one of the most influential and timeless defenses to the basis of free speech and expression with applications to controversies throughout modern history. John Milton lived during a time of religious and political turbulence; throughout his life, England was separated by many differing beliefs and opinions. Milton took to the Parliamentarian movement, in support of the English governing body, during this time of political dissent. He addressed Areopagitica to Parliament…

the nations of England and Scotland became united under one monarch: with the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England after Queen Elizabeth I’s death with no Tudor heir, in the same year. Until this year, the separate kingdoms had completely separate governments. This meant that they experienced a phenomenon sweeping Europe throughout the sixteenth century; the Protestant Reformation, in different ways. When exploring the historiography of the reformations in England and…

Throughout the 1600s England was very chaotic state. Absolutism was challenged and the people questioned who should lead the nation. During this period, Absolutism was prominent in Europe and the king practically said and did whatever they wanted. This caused problems when King Charles I came into power in 1625 after his father’s death. The problems came from the fact that he struggled to control Parliament and would thus defy them by doing things such as taxing the people without consulting…

father had died when she was only a few days old making her Queen of Scots, her marriages ended up with her husband's passing away, & her cousin Queen Elizabeth of England held her in prison for almost twenty years and later exiled The Queen of Scots for treason. On December 8th, 1542 in Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian, Mary of Guise and James V of Scotland, had a daughter named, Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen). The article states that six days after her birth her father passed away on December 14,…

Mary queen of Scots was born on December 8, 1542 in Linlithgow, UK and is the daughter of James V and Mary of Guise. Before she was even born she had 2 other brothers, but both of them unfortunately died as infants. This left her the only living child, meaning the only heir to the throne of Scotland. To add on to these horrific events, a week after she was born her father had died. From this downfall, the English invaded part of their country and in order for their country to be strong once…

What is foreign? What is English? These questions at first glance seems simple in modern times and are frequently asked by many scholars and writers in a postmodern landscape especially in England. In turn, we continue to ask the question of “what or who is considered foreign?” in context to the country of our origin. The great English poet John Milton, known for his great epic poem Paradise Lost, asked himself these questions as he set out to write a series of poems and works that would help…