Philip II of France

nor attendance from a woman and to shun feminine kisses.” The Knights fought in the Crusades to keep the turks from taking over the holy land (Linda Alchin). They fought for the king and the pope, but in 1139 a papal bill was passed by Pope Innocent II stating that the Order would owe allegiance to no one except the Pope and the Church. From 1099 to 1307 the Order had fought and protected the catholic church, but 1307 was the downfall for the Order (Knights…

The Siege of Jerusalem has two different perspectives in it which would most obviously be the Christian and the Muslim perspectives. The siege of Jerusalem is based upon those two main perspectives which also hold two different stories. Now the Muslims went through terrible tortures and a massacre. While the Eastern Christians were also killed by the Crusaders in Jerusalem but only when they went upon their blood thirsty massacre where everyone was dressed alike so it was hard to tell the…

“Between 10 and 20% of his subjects had adopted the reformed doctrines.” (An Introduction to Early Modern European History (16th & 17th Centuries), Jean Mason) Once people starting adopting these policies, everything came into play. France was the target of a missionary effort. This effort was lead by the leader of Protestant Geneva, Jean Calvin, who ironically is also a Frenchman. “Calvin had converted to the reformed faith around 1533 and since 1541 had been leader of the militant…

was ratified by the original five nations around 1451 near modern day Victor, New York. In 1933 Congress passed Concurrent Resolution 331, revealing that the American Constitution was influenced by the Iroquois Constitution. King Philip’s War King Philip 's War was an armed war between Native Americans and colonists.…

If someone would ever want to see a bullfight the top places to go are Spain, France, and Portugal, these places also show many festive traditions besides bullfighting and have many exquisite foods that are served while the bullfight is going one. Bullfighting has three stages in total the Cape stage, picador stage, and the killing stage, all have very unique features. “The cape stage the matador test the strength of the bull with a series of taunts and passes. The bull charges the cape and…

While Jews certainly did prosper in medieval western Christendom - in Spain, England, France and the Holy Roman Empire - it is arguable whether this occurred during times of true Christian persecution, for this phrase implies a coherent, general and importantly, state-backed, form of oppression, which did not exist until late in the period. Indeed, even though anti-semitism did exist, the two distinct phases of Jewish prosperity during the Middle Ages were marked rather with tolerance and…

the once great hero Wallace. Wallace was too ashamed at his failure and resigned as Guardian of Scotland, leaving Robert de Bruce in charge of Scotland. After this not much was known or said of Wallace until 1303 when he returned to Scotland from France. A lot changed while he was away reportedly “...to seek support for the Scottish cause” as stated on bbc.co.uk. In 1304 Robert de Bruce and King Edward I made a truce of course excluding Wallace in any involvement. With Wallace back in…

Before the time of the Crusades the Christians that lived had no arguments with the Muslims. Before the year 1200, 9 out of 10 people living in Europe were peasant farmers who had barely anything to live on (Biel). This meant that many of the people living in Crusading time were poor and had nothing. They didn’t have anything, but these men still went on the crusades. The royal people had all the wealth. However the noblemen and noble classes did not build their castles for luxury but more for…

was a war general before he came to power. Alexius I came to power after the Empire had already fallen so Alexius I needed to rebuild the Empire. He instantly sent word to Pope Urban II asking for help. Pope Urban II got the message from Alexius I asking for help repelling the Turkish threat “Crusades”. Pope Urban II took the message and in november 1095, at the council of cleremont, proposed that Christians in the west aid the Byzantines in the east “Crusades”. Many of the men that responded…

through religion, political order through laws, and the socio-economic distribution of precious resources, which the Europeans wanted to spread. This relates to Napoleon’s idea of liberating the countries that he conquered by making them more like France. The poem, the White Man’s Burden, mentions that white man take care of these backwards countries since they don’t know better. The phrase, “half devil and half child” is meant for the natives, stating that they need religion and are primitive.…