Philip V of Spain

Mary was born on 18 February 1516 in Greenwich, England, and baptized as a Catholic shortly after her birth. She was Queen of England from July 1553 until her death in 1558. She was the only surviving child of Henry VIII by the first of his six wives, Catherine of Aragon. Her mother was pregnant six times altogether, but she was the only legitimate child of theirs to survive until adulthood. Throughout Mary’s childhood, Henry VIII negotiated several future marriages for her. When she was just…

“Ghetto”- Gated Districts where Jewish communities were placed. Established in Venice and Rome during mid 1500s “Conversos”- Converted Jews during Spanish Inquisition. Many of them practiced their former religion in secret From being forced out of Spain, about 100,000 Jews emigrated to parts of eastern Europe and…

Finn LeSieur Mrs. Stepp Period 7 May 8, 2018 An Allegory of Titian Titian was born in Cadore, Italy in the year 1490. He lived to the age of 86, dying in the year 1576 due to a sudden outbreak of the plague. Titian spent the first years of his life next to the Dolomite Mountains with three younger siblings. By the age of 12, he had already been sent to Venice so he could train under a mosaicist. This lasted little time. Once he left the mosaicist Titian began working with Giovanni Bellini.…

The modern world of Europe began sometime around 1500 according to experts who have studied this for years and years. The continent has grown with its kings and queens and has overcome many obstacles and events through its political views. Europe has always been built upon monarchies. These monarchies serve in place as their government. Monarchy is the oldest system of government in the United Kingdom. Total power is invested in one person, a head of state called a monarch, who keeps the…

On October 31, 1517, an unsatisfied, non-conforming, progressive theologian named Martin Luther took an action that altered the religious (and, in some cases) political landscape of the entire Western world. Disgusted at the Catholic church’s insistence on the sale of indulgences and unconvinced as to their doctrine of “salvation by works,” the Wittenberg professor nailed a 95-point document to the front door of his university’s Catholic church. This document, later called the “Ninety-five…

Running down the stairs in a panic, he knows this is the best course of action but he hates himself for it. He enters the stone room and there it is, the hopes of a catholic England laid out in front of him. Years of work, and the fruits of his many sleepless nights represented in this one room. He pulled out the letter one more time and read it over…nothing had changed, the rumors where true; the great Spanish Armada had failed, the attack was being called off. What was worse was reports of…

In England I would not want to live there at first, but as time went on I would live there as the country became more modern. Being a commoner in England I would have been taken by the plague, most of my family would have probably died and I would be living in very harsh conditions. My family would have also been forced to fight in the 100 year war, losing most of our income and men. Not only did we have to live through this war, we also had to live through the civil war in england, The War of…

Tastefully developed and carefully curated, The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University now holds one of the largest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. The museum prides itself on displaying widely diversified paintings, a statement I do not fully agree with. Although the two-story museum’s walls are furnished with with a wide variety of subject content there is a chauvinistic sense about their collections. I am not saying there is an unequal ratio of male to female portraits…

The Council of Trent spanned a lengthy 18 years (1545-1563) and proved to be one of the most significant of the 21 ecumenical councils convened in Church history. Despite the import of an historical event which influenced Catholic teaching for years to come, little work has been written on this particular council. However, Fr. John O’Malley, S.J., has presented a detailed recounting of this remarkable event in his book, Trent: What Happened at the Council, published by the Belknap Press of…

The King of England, King Edward, claimed the French throne his own. The French apposed this claim. King Edward also angered the French with his possession of French territory. The French believed this endangered their policy of centralization. There was also dispute over control of French land known as Flanders. Flanders ' cloth industry depended on wool imported from England. In the Hundred Years ' War France had the advantage of fighting the war on their own turf, with a larger population,…