Philip VI of France

Philip II : Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 and of Portugal from 1581 Absolute Monarch : government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people. Divine Right : political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy Edict of Nantes : Stated that Huguenots could live peacefully in France Cardinal Richelieu : Louis XIII's advisor, really ruler of France, wanted France to be powerful, weakened the Protestants, strengthened the middle class, Started the 30…

The hundred years war Started when Charles the IV of France died in 1328 without an heir and Edward the III of England claimed the right to the kingdom of France. He made this claim through his mother. The French did not want a foreign king ruling over them so they went to war proclaiming Philip the VI of France as the new king. The French proclaimed Salic law which was where women could not transmit the right to rule or transmit the right to rule to their sons. This was established by King…

parliaments role in government forever. England was notorious for constantly being in a war with France from the 1300s. Before the Hundred Years War, England was involved in war with Scotland (Mortimer, 2009). Scotland and England have constantly been at war with each other. Scotland called for France’s aid and commenced an alliance with France. Although his grandfather already claimed the throne of France, Edward III…

conflict in France. Examination of both periods reveals the driving force in each period of threat and conflict and the instinct of peoples, as Thiesse observes, to become more radical in beliefs and actions; creating albeit quite different outcomes in the two periods in terms of engendering a common sense of French nationhood and identity. In looking at these two periods we shall focus of the three key determinants of national…

hundred year was fought between france and england, and started when edward the third attempted to dethrone the king of france philip IV. The war began when france had captured aquitaine in 1337 which would eventually be the ending point of the war. There were three phases in the hundred year war, the first the edwardian war, the second the caroline war, and the last the lancastrian war. King edward declared himself king of france in 1340 and invaded most parts of france with his son the black…

In 1305, Philip IV convinced the body of Cardinals to appoint a French archbishop as the new pope. Clement V, the recently appointed pope, moved from Rome to the city of Avignon in France. The transfer to Avignon exceedingly enfeebled the Church. When reformers eventually attempted to relocate the papacy back to Rome, yet, the outcome was surprisingly severe. In 1378, Pope Gregory XI passed away while paying a visit to Rome. The body of Cardinals then gathered in Rome to select an inheritor. The…

This was because of the confusion it caused. In 1376, the papacy moved from France back to Rome. The papacy is the office or authority of the Pope. Around the same time, French cardinals elected a new pope, Clement VII. Both popes, Urban VI and Clement VII, claimed to be the rightful pope, causing conflict and confusion among the people. With this altercation, people were confused about who the supreme pope…

The Renaissance was a time period involving the rebirth of classical culture such as beautiful art and literature. During the renaissance the term Humanism evolved which can be defined as a system of values and beliefs that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion. Humanists objected to the fact that the Church controlled what people were able to study, of what people were able to publish, and limited the sorts of things…

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, and was wealthier than England at the time. England had advantages of their own, with a more modernized society, and well-disciplined army with a greater number…

Richard I was born on September 8, 1157 to Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Even though Richard was born in Oxford and had an English king for a father, he saw France as his true home. He was the third of four legitimate sons sired by King Henry, and was much closer to his mother. It was well known that Richard had no chance of inheriting the crown. His older brother, Henry the Young King, was declared his father’s successor in 1156, a year before Richard was even born. In any case, Richard…