of England King of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord‚ and later assumed the Kingship‚ of Ireland‚ and continued the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Wikipedia Born: June 28‚ 1491‚ Palace of Placentia‚ Greenwich‚ United Kingdom Died: January 28‚ 1547‚ Palace of Whitehall‚ London‚ United Kingdom Spouse: Catherine Parr (m. 1543–1547)‚more Children: Elizabeth I of England‚ Mary I of England‚ more
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The old monarchy in Europe has never been shy to controversy. With rulers like Henry VIII‚ Richard III‚ and George III in a long line of scandal‚ it is not hard to believe the chaotic standing of their reputation. One monarch in particular‚ Mary Stuart‚ followed her predecessors’ tradition of causing gossip and disgrace. In a family extending from the British Tudor line of Henry VIII and the French House of Guise‚ this queen contained a fire ready to be ignited. Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ was an incredible
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bloodbath swiftly propels Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to arrogance‚ madness‚ and death. The most influential writer in all of English literature‚ William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England. One of the reason that cause him achieve Macbeth is because he is a professional writer and he has gift for writing. With the help of opportunities and hard working‚ he wrote Macbeth Like all of the great poets and dramatists of the time‚ Shakespeare
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Mary Tudor was born on February 18‚ 1516 and died November 17‚ 1558. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII of England and his wife Catherine of Aragon. She was named the princess of Wales by Herny but did not received the documents. The course of her life was changed by her father’s pursuit for the annulment of his marriage due to his affection for Anne Boleyn. Herny affirmed to the pope of his need for his marriage to be annulled due to Catherine being a widow of Herny’s brother. The pope
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The first stuart king of England‚ king of Scottland from 1567 to 1625 is also known as King James 1st. King James influenced many people‚ the bible and other kings in his era. King James was born June 19‚ 1566‚ Edinburgh castle‚ Edinburgh Scottland‚ he died on March 27‚ 1625‚ Theobalds‚ Hertfordshire‚ England. James was the only son of Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ and her second husband‚ Henry Stewart‚ Lord Danley. Eight months after James’s birth his father died when his house was destroyed by an explosion
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The Battle of the Spanish Armada The great naval battle between Spain and England in 1588- one of the most important battles in the history of the world- is known as the Battle of the Invincible Armada. But in a sense‚ this is a misnomer. An invincible armada is one that cannot be defeated‚ yet the mighty fleet of warships that Spain sent to invade England‚ was defeated so badly that Spain could never again rule the oceans. How was it possible that this armada‚ which had awed all of Europe with
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Shakespeare The Elizabethan era‚ also known as the age of Shakespeare‚ refers to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603). Unlike the new found passion for art and culture during this English Renaissance‚ including. the expansion of Elizabethan theatre and Shakespeare ’s new style‚ the advancement of medicine fell far behind. (Rowse 2000) This lack of interest in medicine and research in Shakespeare ’s England directly contributed to the short lifespan of her people. Men lived to an average age of 47
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Edwardian Period 1910-1936 The Georgian Period 1914- The Modern Period 1945- Postmodernism The Old English Period‚ or the Anglo-Saxon Period‚ extended from the invasion of Celtic England by Germanic tribes (the Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes) in the first half of the fifth century to the conquest of England in 1066 by the Norman French under the leadership of William the Conqueror. Only after they had been converted to Christianity in the seventh century did the Anglo-Saxons‚ whose earlier
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On the dawn of the 16th century‚ England was confronted by a religious reformation. Many Catholics were dissatisfied with the sacrilegious practices developing in the Church‚ and eventually‚ a new sect of Christianity – who rejected Roman Catholic doctrines and refused to acknowledge papal authority –developed‚ known as Protestantism. By the end of Elizabeth’s reign‚ the Church of England had segregated from the Pope‚ and the Catholic Church. During the time of the Reformation though‚ a great hostility
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time‚ Queen Elizabeth the first was a protestant and so England was under the Protestant rule. 1 Through the play‚ in Act IV Scene IV‚ Hamlet mentions that: “[God] made us with such large discourse‚ Looking before and after‚ gave us not That capability and godlike reason to fust in us unus’d” (Line 36-38 Act IV Scene IV) This quote shows that God created people for a reason and to let his people have the ability to have power within them. During the Elizabethan era‚ Queen Elizabeth banned all
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