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    Wives of Henry Viii

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    six months after they were married. Many people believe that he suffered from a disease called the “sweating sickness” which was well known in England at the time for killing it’s victims in just a few hours (Eakins). Arthur and Henry’s father Henry VII kept Catherine in his court for several months (nndb). Eventually Henry VIII became very interested in her and right after his father died‚ the two sought to get married. The only thing in their way was a church law that stated that a man was not allowed

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    Baccio Bandinelli: The Self-Elevation of a Renaissance Artist Bartolommeo “Baccio” Bandinelli was a Florentine sculpture‚ painter‚ and draftsman in the early sixteenth century. Bandinelli practiced his craft during the same period as the famous Michelangelo‚ who painted the Sistine Chapel‚ and considered himself Michelangelo’s rival in sculpting. Many critiqued Bandinelli at the time of his work‚ claiming that his pieces were not as great as Michelangelo or other artists of the time. Despite

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    THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR - the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was perhaps the first national war in Europe - after Norman conquest England was a rising power‚ strong monarchy‚ no involvement in conflicts‚ - English knights began rob their continental neighbours; simply because they were more powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚

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    Sometimes one is hanged for speaking the truth. Jeanne d’Arc (Wikiquotes Staff ‚ 2016). Jeanne d’Arc also known as Joan of Arc was a saint and heroine of France. She was executed by fire after a sentencing by a tribunal of pro-English clergy. She was later cleared of the charges on July 7 1456. She was thus later deemed as a saint of the Catholic Church on May 16 1920. Joan of arc‚ who saw visions of God‚ had led an army of France and with her untimely death still affects the word today. Born around

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    the whole story of Joan of Arc is a myth. Theories that said that she wasn´t a Christian‚ but rather a member of a pagan cult‚ and that she wasn´t burned at the stake. Also‚ some theories said that she was secretly the half sister of King Charles VII. However historians haven´t accepted this stories. The only thing we could do at this moment is only believed the things that history narrate us every

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    The Hundred Years’ War was the series of devastating of conflicts from 1337 to 1453 between France and England over the succession of the French crown and the control of French territories. The long-standing struggle between the kingdoms originated over a dynastic dispute during the Norman Conquest of 1066. William‚ the Duke of Normandy‚ became the independent King of England‚ yet in his continental holdings he remained a vassal of the King of France.1 In 1154‚ further complications emerged when

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    MAIN BODY Money: he took over the monasteries taking all there gold and silver and there land and he made an enormous amount of money. The act of annates 1532 ended the payment of taxes of the pope. His father had left him lots of money. Henry VII In 1536 Henry used his new power to start to close down the monasteries and take their land and money. Power: he made himself head of church so the pope no longer had any authority in England. He set replacing the power of the pope in England

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    rebellion in 1601. The removal of dynastic threats and the stability of the monarch was the key cause to the decrease in rebellions. Before hand there were numerous noble led dynastic threats‚ including Simnel in 1487 which was only a year after Henry VII had managed to secure the crown after the battle of Bosworth‚ and it contained much yorkist support a group which it can be argued that Henry should have dealt with sooner like Elizabeth did in destroying any potential threats as soon as she could.

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    "Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the single most important piece of legislation that has helped to shape and define employment law rights in this country (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman‚ 2001)". Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ age‚ gender‚ disability‚ religion and national origin. However‚ it was racial discrimination that was the moving force of the law that created a whirlwind of a variety of discriminations to be amended into Title VII. Title VII was a

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    art of fresco. A year later he at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens and soon after was invited to the household of Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ the "Magnificent". There he met two younger Medici who would later become Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII(www.Michelangelo.com). He also produced his first

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