Richard I of England

Many historians wonder what is the most sole significant achievement of Henry VII’s – making the crown of England dynasty or making the country itself better. On 21st April 1509 Henry VII sadly passed away, leaving the crown to his youngest son, Henry VIII. Henry VIII then later married Catherine of Aragon on 11th June and after had their coronation on 24th June 1509 at Westminster Abby. Henry VII’s sole achievement was to pass the throne onto his son, which he did manage to pass the throne…

throughout time as the powerful words of the first queen to ever be publicly executed. Anne stated calmly, “Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and…

posed to the Elizabethan religious settlement; the death of advisers such as Burghley, Walsingham and the Earl of Leicester which meant Elizabeth I was now surrounded by new advisers she didn’t know if she could trust; the issue of succession which posed a threat to the Tudor dynasty. In order to assess the seriousness of these problems that Elizabeth I was facing at the end of her reign it is necessary to look at whether these problems posed a direct threat to her life, the Tudor dynasty or the…

How are the different forms of love presented in the Jacobean and Elizabethan times? In this essay I will be discussing and comparing the way different forms of love are presented in Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Macbeth was written in the Jacobean times and Romeo and Juliet was written in the Elizabethan times, two very different time periods and I will be showing how these two different time periods affect the way the plays have been written. The Jacobean period was when James the first was…

new world. As countries began to set sail in hopes of gold, God and glory, the idea of permanent settlement in the New World was out of mind, at least at first. As both Spain and Portugal ruled over the mercantile scene, England was yet to make its mark. Feeling the pressure, England joined the hunt for natural resources without knowing it would one day be the start of the modern day superpower, the United States. The colonies of both Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in Massachusetts set the…

One of the most distinctive qualities of Machiavelli’s essay The Prince is its lack of interest in personal morality. Machiavelli’s primary interest is in the end justifying the means and how the ambition for power can be achieved and maintained, thus leaving little room for questions of morality. The distinctive quality of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is the play’s focus on the complex moral question of what would drive a good man to commit an evil act, believing he was doing it not for his own…

if Shakespeare used satire in his play but the only person who does know that is Shakespeare himself. Some people say that he did use satire while others say that he didn’t use satire. Which side is accurate in their observations about the play? I hope to expose the truth about a question that has yet to be answered. Some people see King Lear as being a satire by the way that King Lear is somewhat similar to King James. For example, in the play King Lear, Shakespeare portrays King Lear as…

excommunication of Elizabeth by the papacy was one consumed by the debate of what the Church of England should looks like. Edward VI was a Protestant,and he made strides to define the Church of England as a Protestant church, instead of leaving the church as mostly Catholic in practice like his father had. Mary I, on the other hand, tried to revert England back to Catholicism. And finally, Elizabeth I started her reign by being diplomatic, careful not to lean on Protestantism or Catholicism too…

The subtitle to this book, Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power perfectly describe the contents within. This book discusses in depth the many challenges that Elizabeth the First faced as the first female monarch of England, something that was much contested throughout the entirety of her rule. Her ability to properly rule on account of her gender was a much contested fact, one that continued until the very day of her death. Still, Levin shows through her book that despite the hardships…

Facts demonstrate that Usury is "The unlawful activity or routine of loaning cash at nonsensically high rates of interest."(Wikipedia) In Elizabethan England. the lawful measure of hobby spoke the truth 4-12%. In the interim, 24-48% was considered usury. That was what was going ahead in Venice at the time making it the reason they were the wealthiest city on the planet. Several examples include, under…