Tudor period

Some of the main reasons that show that the development of the new police in the nineteenth century was not due to the inefficiency and corruption are critically reflected in Peel’s main concerns for reform. Those matters “lies in the shift in the attitudes that had taken place between the 1780s and the 1820s.” Three main components that led to the new reformed police arise: a developing pre-occupation with wrongdoing as a sign of the problems connected with monetary change; dynamical models of…

The term ‘Anglican’ derives from the Latin word, ‘anglicanus,’ which means ‘English;’ it was used to distinguish a faith from Roman Catholicism . The origins of Anglicanism as a faith are not entirely clear. The fifteenth and sixteenth century were periods of religious transition and development. There were several religious reformations taking place throughout Europe, such as the Protestant Reformation and Lollardism . The…

When Edward IV died on April 9, 1483, England was nearing the end of the tediously long conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. England needed a period of peace and stable government, but it was not going to get it. Edward had two children, Edward, aged 12, and Richard, aged 9. Given the youth of the heir to the throne, regency would be needed. The two most obvious people to head that regency were Queen Elizabeth and Richard of Gloucester. Richard and the queen were openly hostile, however;…

The Virgin Queen Elizabeth’s Everlasting Effects Elizabeth Tudor, or better known as Queen Elizabeth the First or The Virgin Queen, helped shape and change the land of England. Her reign was monumental which helped establish and expand the land overseas. Not only did she work with foreign lands to improve her own, she helped increase trading, which then, in turn, made England prosper. She made such an impact her monarchy was referred to as the “Elizabethan Era” and this age truly allowed for…

Throughout this period it became apparent that Wolsey impeccably gifted when dealing with foreign quarrels and consequently peace conferences. After the war with France was over and Henry’s alliance with Spain eventually shattered, Wolsey turned his skills towards peace with France. The Anglo-French treaty of 1514 saw Mary Tudor and King Louis XII of France. Wolsey was becoming a real power from behind the throne, and everybody knew this, apart from the King himself. Wolsey, never letting Henry…

One of the pieces in history that is often found to be puzzling is the reign of King Richard III and the accusation against him of the murder of his two nephews, the sons of his brother, Edward IV. Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel, Daughter of Time, presents the past as a mystery to be solved. She delves into this matter and portrays the life of King Richard III in a new light. The timeframe of the novel is the life of King Richard III from the time his father ruled until his own death in the Battle…

The reformation was a period that would significantly alter the role religion played, not only during its occurance, but for many centuries to come. The reformation occured during the 16th Century. It created a schism within the Roman Catholic Church to create different groups of Christians, not connected to the Roman Catholic Church or the Pope. This led to the English establish the Church of England, which is considered the "Middle way" between Catholicism and Calvanism. This was credited to…

charge of co-ordinating this transition with the mechanical operators and the players who were using the theatres. The role of the technical master evolves as we see the introduction of more and more scenery and lighting techniques in the Renaissance period, which can be considered to be the late 1500s to mid 1600s. To begin with, the playhouses began to get increasingly more elaborate, and as such started to allow for increasingly technical performances and innovations. These new playhouse…

Thomas Tallis was one of England’s main composers of Medieval church music. He lived during the Tudor period of England, a time of which the national religious stance swung back and forth from Protestant to Catholic due to the various monarchs that held the throne. As a matter of fact, Tallis saw 5 different monarchs hold and pass on the throne during his life. But even if Tallis was a true Catholic, he possessed the skill to compose music to suit whomever his liege was. During his lifetime, he…

hard-working ploughman was often selected to farm his lord's private land as a capitalist tenant-at-will. Second, many serfs had commuted their obligation to work for several days each month under their lord, by 'swapping' to other forms of payment. By Tudor times, servile dues had almost everywhere been replaced by hard cash-rent. Many peasants then produced enough agricultural…