Richard I of England

This morning, king Charles (The townspeople and farmers refer to him informally as Charlie or KC) received word that a fire-snorting dragon was again terrorizing the countryside. The monster is scaring the people of his kingdom, and several of the farmers have left their land. He summoned his legion of knights and advisors to the castle for a meeting. Once before the king sent the royal knights to stop the giant lizard from roaming the lowlands and raising havoc in the kingdom. But…

Charles II (1630-1685) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland between 1660 and 1685. He was the son of the executed king Charles I. Charles I lost the second civil war, between the ‘royals’ and the long parliament. The leader of the parliament, in the civil war, was Oliver Cromwell. So, he came in power short after the execution of Charles the I. Cromwell dismantled the pulicchurch and he chose a strict and sober new course. For example, theathers were forbidden and adultery was punishable by…

There is a new Queen, who was born among royalty during the year of 1558 in Hatfield, England. She is one of the three surviving children of King Henry VIII and the most unlikely to be next in line for the throne. She would rule during a time period where her Protestant faith would be tested in the highest regard due to her mother and her brother previous rule before her. She never knew her mother, Anne Boylan, for she was beheaded before the people for being “unfaithful” to the king. The main…

St. Thomas More was born on February 7th, 1478 in the city of London, United Kingdom. Thomas wrote a book called Utopia . It was about his political beliefs and his Catholic faith. He loved God and would never turn away from Him. St. Thomas More is remembered for his courageous act against the powerful, wealthy, strict, King Henry the VIII. King Henry was married to Queen Catherine, but not for long. St. Thomas More was born to Agnes and John More. He had five siblings, three sisters and two…

Role of Women The respect and importance of women is a topic still under discussion, for women feel they have not gained the appreciation they deserve. But the amount females are receiving in present day time is far more than any women would experience back in the Elizabethan Era. While we worry about being presented with the same wages of money, back then, leaving the house without supervision was rare. All based on their gender, they were seen only as mothers, house workers, and weak…

United Kingdom. During her time as queen, she had to make a lot of tough decisions. Queen Victoria had to make decisions on what to do when wars came about. She didn't know if she entered her country in these wars if they would benefit from it or if it would cause them greater problems. “When Victoria was crowned queen the British people had lost respect for the throne” (Sack). But in the end Queen Victoria proved herself hard-working and had the people's best interest at heart and gained their…

vastly different from what it was five hundred years ago. Macbeth by William Shakespeare was written during the Elizabethan era, which had playhouses which are very different from twenty first century theatres. The first Elizabethan playhouse in England was built in 1576, just outside of London’s city boundaries. Simply named The Theatre, this building lead way for The Curtain, The Swan, The Rose, and The Globe (Rea). These theatres were built in a style known as an Amphitheater. They are…

Elizabeth the I, Queen of England, faced extreme challenges upon her role on the throne. She faced day to day discrimination in the late 1500’s against her gender, and was pushed heavily into forging a marriage to not only bare an heir to the throne, but to force a marriage alliance into place. However, She rejected this lifestyle that she was nearly forced into following, and instead paved a path that nobody had expected and became known as the Virgin Queen. Elizabeth was known for…

The events that took place during the 1649 re-conquest of Ireland are perhaps some of the most controversial in Irish history. Popular history tells us that Oliver Cromwell was a genocidal maniac who led an army with the aim of wiping out the Irish population. Consequently, the name Oliver Cromwell still brings out negative emotions in Ireland today. Cromwell went to Ireland with the aim of seeking the loyalty of the population to the Westminster Parliament. Attacks on towns such as Drogheda…

Of the considerable number of truths about Shakespeare, one of the most bizarre of all is that, despite the fact that he is viewed as the finest essayist of the English Language that there has ever been, Shakespeare didn't really compose every one of the expressions of some of his plays. Truth be told, a few individuals say that William Shakespeare didn't compose any of his works at all and that William Shakespeare was just a pseudonym that was utilized by some different scholars of his time.…