William II of England

Keanah Santiago The Poem That Ruined My Life It was a dreary Saturday morning in England for all but me. Today my friend Marie de France was asked to be a court writer for the court of Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and she chose me as her lady in waiting. We were walking in the marketplace when we got this news, and Marie was ecstatic. No one knew why they chose Marie, some say that Eleanor wanted to have someone in the court who had a french background besides herself. Others…

By the year 900, feudal regimes began to emerge in France, beginning a new era of local supremacy and disregard for the French throne. Indeed, at the commencement of the Capetian dynasty at the end of the 10th century, Hugh Capet’s immediate sphere of power was in the Ile de France. The rest of the France was under the direct authority of the counts of their individual territories. Around the beginning of the 12th century, an anonymous monk from Anjou, one of the many counties of medieval France…

The movie Regarding Henry demonstrates the character Henry Turner’s transition from his Id to superego. In the movie Henry is a corporate lawyer whose life is changed forever by just one gunshot to the head. Henry starts off as a bitter, unloving husband. He is constantly working and never takes time to be with his family. Henry comes off as very selfish and this is where his Id is dominant. However, when Henry is shot in the head it requires him to restart his life basically. He is forced to…

paternal aunt Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands when his father died. His tutor’s names were Chamberlain Guillaume de Croy of Chievres and Adrian of Utrecht. Charles became ruler over the Netherlands in 1515. When his grandfather Ferdinand II died it was in his will that he should govern Argon and Castile with his mother. Then on March 14, 1516, Charles was proclaimed…

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…

forever: the unition of Scotland, the rebellion against England, and the…

The Survivors It was august 21st 2005 Henry Mcfelly just got told he come to Maine his mother was not doing well he wanted to say one last goodbye. Sarah Stone a smart creative business woman had to go to Maine for her job head of this new company Narha. As she was excited she got woke up at 5 o’clock with a smile on her face. They got onto the small plane and were told it would be a ten hour flight from CA to Maine. Two hours into the flight henry sitting they hyper and freaking out Sarah asks…

Shakespeare’s Play Henry V My paper is going to discuss various genres in Shakespeare's Henry V; majorly it's going to be centered on tragedy, comedy, and history. Besides, it also going to discuss some themes, symbols, and motifs. Be that as it may, in turning into an extraordinary ruler, Henry is compelled to act in a way that, where he as a typical man, may appear to be corrupt and even indefensible. With a specific end goal to reinforce the solidness of his position of…

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…

During the build up to the 2016 Presidential election, the focus has been on the possibility of the first woman president of the United States of America. It is easy to forget or dismiss the impact that women have had throughout world history. From strong rulers to great thinkers history is filled with some of the most powerful and intelligent women who have defied all odds and surpassed the expected roles given to them by western civilization. Unfortunately, much of what we know about women…