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    beauty and architecture structure to really get to know the true meaning. The history of the Tower of London will amaze you on how the structure was built and how it came to be. Multiple executions were taken place in the tower of London, executions of many famous people. It soon became a prison to house prisoners. Was even involved in becoming a zoo. The Tower of London was to be built as a complex of mul-tiple other towers that later were added on in 1078 and soon finished in 1100. William the Conqueror

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    “Interesting … Still, these Huguenot gatherings must be curtailed somehow. Calvin does not rule here.” “Then do it gently. Calvin does not rule here, and neither should the cardinal.” Catherine de Medici. Catherine de Medici was a vicious and ruthless rulers who was motivated by fear and fear of losing control. She wanted to preserve her power and she did that by being Catholic and persecution against those who were not. Directly by her orders, she killed her religious opposition .Some people say

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    Tudor Succession Problems The Tudor period is unique in that it is marked by succession difficulties in every generation. The Tudor dynasty was plagued by poor health, short-lives and a shortage of male claimants to the throne. For three successive monarchs the throne passed not from ruler to child, but from sibling to sibling and three consecutive monarchs died childless. Henry VIII's search for a suitable male heir to his throne had far reaching ramifications. This period is distinctive

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    1603 to what extent was the government of England dysfunctional in the mid-Tudor period? During the Tudor Dynasty it is easily thought that the years between 1547 and 1558 were ones of crisis. With the succession of a child and the first woman within England, people have assumed that the years between Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were an unproductive interlude. The mid Tudor period is seen as negative years within the Tudor Dynasty. It is regarded that Henry VIII and Elizabeth I’s reputations were

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    ruled under this government. These writers get inspiration of what was happening around them, and the monarchy had such control over the country, it gave the citizens inspiration to write their stories. Beowulf was guessed to be written between 975 and 1025. During this time, Alfred the Great was the ruler of England after he had defended his kingdom against the Vikings attacks. Around the time Beowulf was written, Anglo-Saxon culture was at its peak. Some people speculate that the battles that happen

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    In the late sixteenth century, the people of England lived under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Society was divided into six strict social classes: Monarch, Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, Yeomanry, and Laborers. The Elizabethans believed that God placed all of creation in a universal hierarchy ranked by their importance and spiritual nature called the Chain of Being. God would decide where people belonged in their social class by their wealth, employment, education, and ancestry. Social hierarchies

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    Is Queen Mary The First?

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    Paper Who was Queen Mary the first? Queen Mary the first was an interesting person in history. She did many things in the short time she was in power. In my paper, I’m going to talk about her family, what she did during her rule, the way she controlled the economics of Europe, and the standard of life during Mary’s life time. Let me tell you more. There are many reasons Mary’s family was important to the way she was. Mary was the only child that lived although she was unhealthy, so her mother

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    Philip II and Elizabeth I are two of the most important figures during the 16th century. Philip played a major role in Spain once his father (Charles V) stepped down while Elizabeth was a key figure in England as she ruled and showed her feminism. Both figures had a rough path to lead as the subjects were always a problem. To understand Philip carefully, the full history of his reign is crucial when looking at Spain. Challenges were already given to him from his father and Philip had to learn

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    society. There are many women we can discuss whether she was Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beacher Stowe and so on. I chose two famous women of the 19th century namely Jane Austen and Queen Victoria. Both women discuss how women were treated during the 18th and the 19th century. They are in deep conversation about the role of women in the 19th century. JANE AUSTEN - Jane Austen was a reputed English novelist who was famous for writing romantic fiction and in the 19th century

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    present audience and thus are removed from the power they are deemed to possess. The pivotal characters in William Shakespeare 's King Henry IV Part 1 successfully portray the conflicting nature of power throughout the play and ultimately comment on how aspects of politics are subject to the opinions of spectators. Politics is defined as the process of making decisions applying to all members of each group, involving a variety of groups resulting in the nature of politics changing depending on the

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