The husband was not necessarily in charge of all the money, the responsibility was shared between the wife and husband. ... All of the land including the morgengifu would become the husband's property and the woman would have no land. ... The very rich - kings, king's kin, archbishops - might cherish one or more garments of silk. ... Silk was worked into gowns for women, tunics for men, and most especially cloaks or hooded mantles for both sexes. ... All saints were expected to be virgins. ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Countries all around acknowledged Elizabeth I and money in the treasury began to increase. ... Many Kings and royal men came to her to ask for her hand in marriage. ... They were all executed for treason. ... The Armanda had ships that were heavy, filled with animals, cargo, and many men. ... People all over were plotting to kill her and she must have been terrified. ...

• Word Count: 2053
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

For a time it seemed that all of Europe had become French. ... Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I all believed in absolute monarchy. ... He fought for tolerance of all Godly forms of religion. ... The overthrow of James II an the enactment of new parliamentary restrictions on the power of English kings have often been depicted as the climax in the growth of English constitutional self-government. ... The Dutch were the most bourgeois of all peoples. ...

• Word Count: 1538
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The ships were full of only men and boys, no women were on the first expedition. ... Amazingly in all of this, there was only one reported death. ... The water supply was bad and all of these things added to the illness and disease that devastated most of the colony within the first 8 months of their arrival. ... Without the leadership of John Smith, they might have all perished. ... He also established the no work, no food policy and implemented discipline on the remaining men of the colony. ...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

After all the construction was completed, he invited a mass load of people to celebrate. It lasted for about ten days and it was an estimated 69,574 people who attended this banquet. 47,074 men and women, 16,000 inhabitants of Nimrud, 5,000 foreigners from other states, and 1,500 palace officials. Coordinating with all of the people he had tons and tons of food for them, including wine. ... Which was all stated in his diary. 1795 (Britain)- Lemon and Lime juice was used to prevent the disease of scurvy when mixed with grog. ... 1666 (London)- Many of the coffee houses were destroyed in th...

• Word Count: 2292
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

"It was much like a knife, and is found in almost all cultures" (6). ... "Japanese sword play became an art as well as a skill, with carefully observed rules that typified he Japanese concern for style in all aspects of life" (8). ... Even kings used maces. ... "Floating fortresses, the ships carried a total of 2,500 guns and 30,000 men, two thirds of them soldiers. ...

• Word Count: 2078
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School