The War of the Roses: NOTE: large sections of this text are adapted from http://www.ehistory.com. See it for more details. What Was It? The War of the Roses was a civil war in England that lasted from 1455-1487. These thirty years of warfare were even more destructive to England than the Hundred Years War had been in the previous century. (Most of the fighting in the Hundred Years War took place in France‚ which meant most of the military damage affected the French peasantry rather than the
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Was the outbreak of general war in 1914 inevitable after the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand? Various different factors led to the outbreak of the first World War- a war which incorporated all human‚ economic and military resources available to achieve total victory over the enemy. Roughly‚ the causes can be classified into long term (Franco-Prussian War‚ Imperialism‚ Alliance System‚ Anglo- German Naval Arms Race‚ etc.)‚ short term (Morrocan Crisis‚ Agadir Crisis‚ Bosnian Crisis‚ Balkan
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1547 - July 6‚ 1553 Father: Henry VIII Mother: Jane Seymour Single Edward was 10 years old when he died his father Henry VIII. According to her father’s young king had to take care of the 16 board of regents‚ but the actual power to seize the Duke of Somerset. Edward was a sickly child (probably it was congenital syphilis or tuberculosis). The only thing that interested him greatly in his life‚ it was theology. At 8 years old‚ he knew Latin‚ 13 - French and Greek‚ independently translated the
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Do you agree with the view that in the years 1515-1525 Henry VIII wholly surrendered power in government to Cardinal Wolsey? To a certain extent within Source 4 (by J.J. Scarisbrick 1968) supports the idea that possibly Henry VIII actually did surrender power over to Wolsey. The evidence within the source that suggests this possibly for being the truth is ‘a self-indulgent King had wholly surrendered the cares of the state into the Cardinals hands’. To further support this case‚ it is clear that
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Shakespeare the Historian: Richard II and the War of the Roses Who was Richard II? Born: 1367 Reign: 1377 – 1399 (deposed) Death: 1400 (murdered) Historical Context surrounding Richard II Richard II was born in 1367‚ in Bordeaux which was then part of the English principality of Aquitaine. He was the second son of Edward‚ the Black prince‚ and his wife Joan of Kent. Edward was in line to the throne‚ after his father Edward III. The Black Prince was a distinguished military leader like
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Waterloo‚ fought two days later. Three nights before the battle of Waterloo the English Duchess of Richmond gave a ball in Brussels‚ and invited many of the officers of the allied English and Prussian armies‚ which were at war with the French. The Duke of Wellington‚ commander-in-chief of the English army‚ was said to have been one of the guests. While the ball was at its height a messenger brought word to Wellington that the French under Napoleon were advancing towards the city. He did not wish
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Edward IV‚ the previous king‚ therefore making him have a strong claim to the throne. When his father died he was only 12 years old and so people weren’t sure if he was ready to be king‚ or if he needed someone to watch over him. His uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester- later known as Richard III- was made protector and guardian of Edward which meant he partly controlled what Edward did. He wasn’t on the throne for very long and so didn’t have much of an influence during his reign. There was a brief
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in an attack on Denmark to seize their navy. He then went to Portugal‚ systematically destroying each French force that confronted him‚ but retreating into Portugal when faced with overwhelming numbers. In 1815‚ Wellesley – who had now been created Duke of Wellington – faced Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo‚ which he won. He had tremendous ability‚ enthusiasm and leadership qualities‚ as well as being tactically brilliant. The following paragraphs show what made him arguably Britain’s greatest military
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of Lines 543-68 of Dryden’s poem Absalom and Achitophel‚ considering the characteristics of Dryden as a poet. This passage of Dryden’s 1681 satirical and allegorical poem‚ Absalom and Achitophel‚ offers a detailed description of George Villiers‚ Duke of Buckingham coded as Zimri. It is important to have an understanding of the political context of this passage in order to fully appreciate Dryden’s biting satire. Buckingham was a powerful political statesman and sometime close ally of King Charles
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Princess Diana Princess Diana Frances Spencer’s life may have tragically been cut short‚ but she still managed to live a fulfilled life as a social activist. She captured the world with her beauty‚ grace‚ and compassion. She brought life to an old British society that had lost both an empire and its self-confidence‚ and she also had the power to change people’s minds. She was a symbol for selfless humanity. Princess Diana was at one time the most famous woman in the world‚ due to her involvement
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