1st Earl of Northumberland

Henry IV. During the King’s speech to his people of the court, we get a solid understanding of how Hotspur is seen as an honourable man. The King proclaims his jealousy of Lord Northumberland for having Hotspur as an honourable son, “Yea, there thou makest me sad and makest me sin / In envy that my Lord Northumberland” (77-78). For the King sees Hotspur as a man of honour, “A son who is the theme of honour 's tongue” (80), while he views is own son as a disappointment, “See riot and dishonour

time at the tavern. King Henry and Sir Walter Blunt agree that Hotspur would be the appropriate king of France because of his bravery, successfulness in battles and his time spent with royalty. Although, Hotspur and his father, Earl of Northumberland, and his uncle, Earl of Worcester, plan to overthrow the king by defeating his army on the battlefield. Hotspur explains to his army how the king rejected and shamed his family.

return for helping to maintain English rule, Elizabeth in particular in 1558 for example, invited rebel leader Shane O’Neill to London where she recognised him as Earl of Tyrone. A similar policy of conciliatory politics can be observed under Edward VI and Henry VIII, who in response to the Pilgrimage of Grace sent the Duke of Northumberland to bargain with rebel leaders; Robert Aske was even invited to the palace and treated with dignity on Christmas day 1536. Protector Somerset, operating on Edward’s

The battle of Bosworth was the last battle of major significance for the House of Lancaster and the House of York ending the civil Wars of the Roses. [5] Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond brought in the house of Tudor closing the Plantagenet dynasty.[5] The ending of the wars put to rest the feudalism because of the great loss of property and lives of the nobles making it difficult to protest against the strength of the Tudor monarchy. The problem came about from financial and social trouble that followed

Richard II was a play that was written by William Shakespeare in his earlier days (1398). This particular play is considered to be his 1st in his history of the tetralogy, which is a series of four games. In this particular piece of literature the author points out several different factors; however, the most relevant factors are in regards to kingship and the role of authority figures and how these characters intertwined within our perception of the way we operate as a community or in this case

Macbeth Notes Jade Grant Setting (time and place): Scotland and England. The eleventh century Protagonist: Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1 •the three witches are introduced •there is a thunderstorm •the plan to meet with Macbeth upon the heath, in Scotland •"Fair is foul and foul is fair" (1.1.12-13) •they each call out to their familiar- a spirit companion that takes the form of an animal Act 1 Scene 2 •Duncan, the Scottish king and his two sons, Malcom and Donaldbain are introduced

King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland, acts as a testament to why an absolutist monarchy is doomed to failure as a country cannot function efficiently and with moral dignity without a parliament. The justification of an absolute monarchy lies in the Divine Right to Rule, the philosophy that God had entrusted kings and queens both the Right and Duty to rule over their subjects. Hence why, questioning their judgement is to question God Himself, an unreservedly blasphemous act which was designed