Philip I of France

amounts of entertainment, clothes, jewellery and art. In this essay, I will be looking at the materialistic obsessions of Henry VIII, his court during his reign and how he used princely magnificent to gain parity over his rivals. The Tudor era became an era of extravagance due to the fact that Henry VIII sought to impress his rivals and show that he is of a higher calibre compared to his rivals, particularly French King, Francis I, who was Henry VIII’s arch rival. Francis hiring Leonardo Da…

Biographical Background: Charles De Gaulle was a French general who served as President of France from 1959 to 1969. (Charles De Gaulle, 2015) De Gaulle was born into a Catholic and strongly patriotic family. Seeking a career as a military leader, he went to a military academy and joined the French military. Soon after fighting in one of the battles of World War I in 1916 and being captured and injured, he was promoted to become captain. After his promotion, he went on to serve on the Supreme…

restore government control, rise in military excellence, and (even after his death) leave his strategies for other countries to use centuries later. During the time Napoleon ruled France he made many changes that enabled the government to run more smoothly. After several victorious military campaigns Napoleon returned to France and was greeted by crowds of people for his courage and brilliance, qualities of a true hero. Soon after his arrival in…

A) Napoleon I and his French Empire: (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered most of Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in France in 1799, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist, Napoleon I successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and…

citizenship to everyone. However, through his ambition and need for power, Napoleon became a dictatorship and negatively affected France. Although Napoleon is viewed as the child of the French Revolution, he ultimately betrayed the ideals of the revolution through his dictatorship in France and his attempts…

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in a farmhouse just outside the village of Anchiano in present day Italy. He and his father's family moved to Florence when he was 12. At 14 he started his artist’s apprenticeship in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio. Here he learned a wide amount of technical skills involving metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. This is where he really started to appreciate science. Leonardo had little formal education (Basic…

He was loved by all the French people because they believed he brought back France from the pit of despair. So he was known as the leader of France. However, many people believed that he was a tyrant since he was crowned emperor of France. Although many people believe that Napoleon Bonaparte was a tyrant, he was an enlightened ruler since he granted everyone equality under the law. Napoleon united the people of France after the French Revolution and gave them equal rights under the law. Napoleon…

position. Every little action he made, though some were rather rash, was evaluated and determined whether or not it would make an impact on himself or not. I do not believe that he cared all that much about the unity of different countries, except to see them united under him. It is agreed that his accomplishments were great and very impressive, but I think that they were carried out with the wrong objectives and interests at heart, thus rendering them utterly meaningless. However, it is quite…

Two decades of war went on in the early 1800's. These wars were named the Napoleonic Wars since the major conflicts arose from France under the ruling of Napoleon Bonaparte. The biggest turning point of the Napoleonic Wars was the Russian Campaign. Napoleon was elected to the First Consul of the Consulate in 1799, where he assumed the role of head of government in France. One of his earlier victories as leader, was during the Battle of Marengo which resulted in driving Austrians out of Italy.…

Legendary Beard Fact: Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the few artists never to leave behind a self portrait, but in every image executed by other, his magnificent flowing beard takes center stage. Leonardo Da Vinci was the bastard son of wealthy and well-respected lawyer Messer Piero Fruosinio de Antonio da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina. The birth took place on April 14, 1542 inn the hill town of Vinci in the Republic of Florence. He received virtually no formal education, until he was…