Martin Luther appealed to the German princes to implement his ideas. ... This appeal to German patriotism caused many otherwise apathetic German princes to convert to Lutheranism. Consequently, the princes' subjects converted to Lutheranism, too, and after the Peace of Augsburg, these conversions were lawfully enforced. ...
The Reformation was a new radical time where religion was questioned and Protestantism was formed and became popular. The main leader was Martin Luther and it began in Germany. The ideas of Luther spread to a wide variety of people, and eventually moved across Europe. All types of people started ...
Henry was the rightful heir to the throne and was named Prince of Whales in 1503. ... The king married Anne of Cleves as part of Cromwell's plan for a Protestant union with German princes, but divorced her after only six months. ...
Mary Tudor, the eldest child of King Henry VIII ruled England from 1553 to 1558. Although her reign may have seemed like a short period of time, the problems and damage that occurred was anything but insignificant. During the five years Queen Mary reigned England, she was involved in religious, a...
Imagine yourself walking into your work environment and having everyone stare at you with both envy and amazement. Well, that is how Queen Elizabeth I leads her whole life. She took over the throne of England only at age 25 and did more for England during the first few weeks than some of the other...
Elizabeth faced many problems on her accession to the throne in 1558. Her country was bitterly divided between Catholics and Protestants, she faced war Scotland and France, potential civil unrest from the common people, her treasury was nearly bankrupt and on top of all this most people in England ...
Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time is the literary cousin of Oliver Stone's film "JFK." Both are works of fiction meant to turn historically accepted events on their heads. In "JFK" Kevin Costner's character tries to disprove that Oswald killed the president; Grant thinks Richard III an innocent...
Kingship - Ancient & Medieval Due to the Kings and high ranking officials from the Ancient and Medieval periods of time, much of the information acquired from the average person is partial. The authority associated with kingship in the past included all three aspects of the modern U.S Government; ...
Henry VIII, born in 1491, was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Henry VIII began his reign in 1509 at the age of 18 years old. He seemed to be the perfect king: handsome, rich, athletic and intelligent; he loved music and wrote some as well. Henry married Catherine Aragon, the wid...
