Orthodox monarchs

One of De Goya’s most famous pieces is his Charles IV of Spain and his family, which was created while under the appointment of King Charles IV himself. This painting creates an interesting light on De Goya’s view of the royal family, while using many techniques in order to perfect the life-size image, also puts on display and mocks the family’s power. The interesting dynamics and hierarchy of the family displayed in this painting gives the strongest feel of what was going on within the inner…

Cassap awoke the next morning to the sun shining on her face. She had hoped that it all was just a dream and that she would wake up in her home. As soon as she looked around the room she knew that it wasn’t. The big bed and high ceilings reminded her of the sacrifice that she had made for her village. She would now have to become what King Hereward referred to as Catholic and change her name to Lady Avelin. The door to her chambers opened and a woman dressed in strange robes walked in. “Lady…

My birth name is Prince Albrecht III, but to avoid any further association with my father, I simply go by Brecht. Yes, King Brecht! That is a fitting name for a monarch, and it shall be mine very soon, but I must first determine how this assassination will take place. His guards will simply not allow it. Even with my noble blood, I am not allowed to bare weaponry within the same sector of the palace as my father…

Maleficent is a recently released movie that we viewed in class. It discusses contemporary issues in a contemporary version of the story of sleeping beauty. It relates to our class because it challenges the way we view stories and interpret things, which is very Post Modern. The film is a spin on the famous tale of Sleeping Beauty from the evil witch’s perspective. Maleficent is the star of the movie and is a beautiful teenager of pure heart. Maleficent is a powerful fairy that lives in a…

Chapter Five The impressive Schlosskirche (palace church) is in the north wing of the Mannheim Palace, where the wedding ceremony was being held in the early evening of February 23, 1843. The Dowager Duchess Stéphanie was beaming as her daughter walked down the candlelit aisle arm and arm with the Grand Duke, Grand Duchess, and the groom, impressive in his new uniform adorned with ribbons and medals especially for the occasion. The bride was resplendent in the same gown her mother wore when she…

portion of the 1600’s, the monarchical systems of both England and France were changing. England strayed away from an absolute monarch and ran toward a mightier parliament instead. The opposite was occurring in France as Louis XIV strengthened his own office while weakening the general assembly of France, the Estates General. Absolutism, the political situation in which a monarch controls makes all political, social, economic, and cultural decisions in a government without checks or balances,…

Once upon a time in a land far, far away lived a kind king and an evil step queen. They had a son called Charming. She espoused the king for his wealth and potency. The soft-hearted king did not know about the malignant things she did behind his back. The kingdom was in great despair. The people of the kingdom eagerly waited for the day the step queen would die. She was a haughty and arrogant woman. “ Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” the Queen thundered in her…

The story is about a young prince that gets put in an arena because he is not a royal prince. He is not royal because he wants to marry the kings daughter. The king is very semi-barbaric and whatever he says goes; so he put the prince in the arena to either fight a tiger or marry the lady. One door he can open comes an angry tiger, and the other one comes a lady that he will be forced to marry and it proves he isn’t guilty. The story “The Lady and the Tiger” is written by Frank R Stockton, and…

Chapter Eight Johannes was aware that the Dowager Duchess Stéphanie de Beauharnais had returned to Paris when her nephew Louis-Napoleon reclaimed the Emperor’s throne. He knew she would be able to help him. The Emperor had arranged for the Dowager Duchess to stay at the Hôtel de Ville close to the Tuileries Palace. Stéphanie de Beauharnais had merely transferred her royal court from the Mannheim Palace where she had resided since the death of her husband to the Hôtel de Ville after the…

It’s first important to note what the word ‘Princeps’ means. It comes from ‘Princeps Senatus’, meaning ‘First among equals’, which gave an individual the privilege of being the first to speak in the Senate and being the first name on the roster. This title was used officially by Augustus (then Octavian) because it had no royal connotations. In actuality, Augustus had auctoritas (‘authority’) far greater than that of merely a Princeps. He was an Emperor, but he did not explicitly say so, for his…