Richard III of England

ABSTRACT In the English Renaissance period, many plays are composed which refer to Ottoman Turk. Plays about Ottoman Turks and Turkish history has originated from information and rumors of European sailors and merchants who were captured by Ottoman Empire. When this flow of information merged with document and trace file, English people began to obtain information about Ottoman and they became more interested in play about Ottoman Turks. According to examination of plays written in Renaissance…

political motivations for imperialism. England’s main goal was supreme authority, watching Spain made England want to have a hand in the shaping of America. Therefore, explorers set off to find different trade routes, foreign goods, and to stop others from taking over the new land. This was important because whoever controlled the trade routes was considered the most wealthy and powerful nation. Richard Hakluyt pushed for English colonization and published writings on the subject; leading to…

Maffeo Barberini was born on April 5, in Florence. His father, Antonio Barberini, was a famous and very rich nobleman in Florence, but he died when Maffeo was only three years old. He moved to Rome with his mother, Camilla Barbadoro, when he was six years old. While he was a young, he lived with his uncle, Francesco Barberini, who was prothonotary Apostolic at that time, and he had a very great influence to the young Maffeo. Maffeo Barberini was educated at the “Collegio Romano” under the…

The history of the immersion of the French language into English society is important, because it needs to be traced to follow the distinct changes that took place both before the Plague and after. The changes are vital because there was a growth in the use of French that only truly began nearly 100 years after the Norman Conquest. In the 13th and 14th century, the push towards French becoming the vernacular in the English court made more headway; the combinations of French and English terms…

The photograph Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton came about when political opportunities became worthwhile to cash on. The image encapsulated the notions of war under sensationalist ideals. This is not to say Fenton took the image only for money. Fenton took the image to showcase the grimier side to military life. The image just happened to be placed in the supervision of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria’s supervision. What other way did the United Kingdom have to show interest, even…

Byzantium and the Muslims We have all heard about the Crusades, how two main religions went to war against each other in the name of God. But what were the Crusades really about? The Crusades was a time when two religions, Christianity and Islam, went to war against each other. This was a time when tension between the two religions as well as Judaism resulted in eight major Crusades between 1096 and 1291 and even a Children’s Crusade that ended in a catastrophe. According to Pope Urban II, he…

is believed to be a series of civil wars in England between the York and Lancastrian bloodlines who both had a claim the throne. However, The War Of The Roses has much more meaning because it sped up the end of Feudalism and introduced a more centralized England. During the wars, England was distraught with the civil wars that were happening between the Lancastrians and the Yorkist, two royal families that had the claim to the throne from Edward III. In the end Henry Tudor, the only…

The rulers eagerly utilized these ideas. During the Renaissance Era, the “new monarchs” in England, France, and Spain attained control by developing taxing systems, manipulating government councils, and increasing their influence over the church; tactics which were modeled after Machiavelli’s “fox-like” and “lion-like” concepts of an ideal ruler. The monarchs in England exemplified both sneaky and aggressive techniques. First of all, they portrayed shrewd and “fox-like” characteristics…

William Shakespeare was said to be born on April 23, 1564, also known as St. George’s Day (Ackroyd 3). Shakespeare was baptized two days later on April 26, 1564 in Holy Trinity Church (Life par. 2). He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker (Life par. 2). Shakespeare was very lucky to survive; nine percent of children died within a week of being born and eleven percent died within being a month old (Ackroyd 4). Shakespeare is known to have…

not always as popular as it is today. According to FIFA, “Kings Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V all made the game punishable by law because it prevented their subjects from practising more useful military disciplines, particularly archery.” (FIFA). For the duration of the 100 Years’ War, football was banned by the royal officials. They banned football because they viewed it as a waste of time. Since England and France were in war, the royal officials wanted their people to spend…