Philip I of France

England and France. The war lasted even more than one hundred years with many people, battles, and even a French civil war.When France and England had that temporary cease fire, it could have been over. The civil war is what drew England back in. Without the war most likely never would have started again. The one hundred year’s war was a long one, with many peculiar events. King Edward III of England was one major player in this war. The most recent French king had died and France was looking…

reformer or repressive authoritarian? It would be simple to conclude that Napoleon did not promote the values of the revolution – especially after 1799 – but instead strived to achieve full supremacy not just in France but also across Europe. Though there is an element of truth to this, I put forward the argument that whilst Napoleon didn’t always act in accordance with the…

Unfortunately for him, the technology and the engineering advances during the Renaissance prohibited Da Vinci from seeing his dreams turn into realities. Luckily, for many aspiring inventors such as Adrian Nicholas and Philip Vaughn, Da Vinci’s life work in this field set the foundation for many inventors to come after him. Without the mind of Da Vinci, life as we know it today would cease to exist. Although DaVinci had incredible ideas that would increase efficiency in…

France has had many great leaders in its extensive history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was arguably one of the best rulers France has ever had. Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a great military genius and political revolutionary of France. He made many changes for France and made it able to function after the Revolution. But he also got a lot of his success from the French Revolution. It made it very easy for him to rise up the ranks of the military, gain supporters, and take over…

to learn about the Renaissance; because this movie takes place in France, Leonardo da Vinci’s timing in the movie was off, and the time frames of the movie were incorrect. This movie is full of false information. The writers of this movie were showing people, (who do not know anything about the renaissance) that it was all fun and games to live in France, in the 16th century. In the Renaissance: everyone who lived France would speak French (or at least have a French accent.) The only…

with Britain surrounded in water and her top notch navy no country would be able to stand a chance against Britain for many years to come even today britain has probably the strongest navy in the world. Also because of the Congress of Vienna The land France had conquered was split up between the surrounding countries and many of them more than doubled in size like Austria but the downfall to this was some countries lost their land and they were not happy about…

Introduction Leonardo Da Vinci was an illegitimate son of a notary named Ser Piero and a peasant girl Caterina Leonardo. He was born on April, 15 1452, in Vinci, Italy which was just outside Florence. After spending his short life with his mother, Leonardo’s custody was given to his father as his mother married someone in the neighboring town. As his parents lived separate life, they gifted him with 17 half sisters and brothers. Leonardo’s love and connection with paintings started in small age…

Napoleon Bonaparte, a significant historical leader and dominant military general, is seen as the reviver of France after the initiation of the French Revolution in 1789. Napoleon Bonaparte was born August 15th, 1769 in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. At a young age Napoleon attended the military college of Brienne where he studied for 5 years, and his military interests were nurtured from a young age. Later on in 1785, Napoleon returned to Corsica for the death of his father…

The 19th century is regarded to be full of revolutions in the life of France as a number of them showed presence. Despite their objective to tackle giant and menacing problems such as unemployt, corruption and conflicts, France had come unexpectedly and unknowingly into an unstable position. Some historians put forward the standpoint that the instability of France between those years is due to political factors as there were wars between countries, conflicts within the government and,…

(1.75 miles). The scenes around the border and in the center of the plate recall the days of the early Norman kings, William I, William II, and Henry I, whose seat was at Winchester, not far from Stockbridge. Scenes from their eventful lives are pictured in the six ovals on the border of the dish. The central scene shows the near fatal ambush of Henry I in Dives, a town on the Channel coast of Normandy, the harbor from where his father, William, duke of Normandy, had launched his…