How far was the success of Henry Tudor in replacing Richard III as king due to the events on the battlefield at Bosworth…
threatening animals. The English settlers had to deal with problems, such as finding a place to settle, growing crops, fighting with the natives, and disease.…
“The wilderness masters the colonists” is a very powerful quote from the article. The reason is because the english explorers were no match for the the nature in where the indians lived for centuries. Consequently causing all of the explorers to adapt to their new environment in order to survive.…
The comparative analysis of Shakespeare’s “Richard III” circa 1591 and Al Pacino’s 1996 docudrama “Looking for Richard” (LFR) reveals the capacity of these texts to transcend their timeframes due to their exploration of ideas perennially relevant to human nature. As humans, there is an innate desire of us to exert our ideals and beliefs on others as well as an underlying ambition for power, hence these texts explore the way in which art can be used to shape and reshape historical perceptions as well as the universal relevance of power to human beings.…
Edward IV restored some elements of royal authority in the years 1471 – 1483, he had destroyed his opposition or forced them into exile, he used family member to control more volatile regions and took a keen interest in law and order. In addition he improved the English economy and made a somewhat successful invasion of France. Although some would argue that Edward failed at restoring Royal authority because his heirs were only young at his time of death, Nobel rivalry thought England and his foreign policy had begun to go wrong.…
Shortly after Richard III usurped the throne he faced a series of rebellions, the majority of which coming from the south of England. Many people call these rebellions after the Duke of Buckingham but in fact most of the rebellions took place before he switched sides and he himself on backed a few of the rebellions. In these rebellions (Kent, Sussex and Surrey being the biggest ones) Richard needed to rely on his loyal over mighty Lords to crush the rebellions and bring stability back to his reign as King of England.…
Retaining involved magnates taking men into their service, generally involving the payment of fees and sometimes the granting of a distinctive badge or uniform (livery).…
Richard III lost the crown in 1485 for a number of reasons. For example, he had a lack of support from the nobility at the time, especially as the Southern nobles disliked Richard’s favor of the North. He was also hated for the usurpation, and was later accused of the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and his own wife Anne Neville. People began to turn for an alternative, which they found with Henry Tudor, and as a cause of this Richard lost much of his forces within the Battle of Bosworth, marking his death and the end of his crown on 22nd August 1485.…
Whilst the Battle of Bosworth was the point at which Henry VII claimed the throne it was not the time that he secured it. Some historians believe that Henry's period of consolidation of power lasted for nearly two years (when Prince Arthur was born) and that until 1487 the wars of the roses was still bubbling away underneath what seemed like English stability. The battle left Henry with a number of immediate issues for him to deal with. He needed to deal with his new court and convert Yorkist's to the Lancastrian side. He needed to support and confirm his Lancastrian loyalists to the new Tudor throne. He also needed to remove any lingering threats from those still loyal to the Yorkist faction. So it was viewed by most that Henry VII's first…
Texts are often a reflection of the society they embody: through awareness of context deeper levels of understanding can be developed and explored. By a comparative study of texts parallels in context can be established and evaluated, with the alternate visual mediums key in enhancing the audience experience. Al Pacino’s “Looking for Richard,” (1996) provides a more coherent view of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” (1592), using similarities between texts to accommodate a modern audience. Both texts represent common themes of war, demonstrating the inherent evil of mankind through characterisation, with respective societal influence affecting their portrayal. Shakespeare’s text strongly portrays the presence of propaganda in society, an influence still present in the context of 1996. Through the employment of the visual medium, Al Pacino is capable of displaying these influences to a postmodern audience, demonstrating the similarities in context and purpose.…
The civil war started from 1642 and ended in 1648, claiming the lives of 1 in 10 men from England. The war broke out forty years after the death of Elizabeth I, who had managed to rule England well. But the real problems came with the coming of Charles I of England, (second son of James VI of Scotland).…
Shakespeare is trying to tell the audience the way Richard II rules England through imagery. In both of the scenes in this paper Shakespeare uses imagery to describe the way King Richard II has brought the country to ruin. This king needs replaced and in both speeches his bad deeds are spoken of through a metapohor of a garden. The speech in Act 2 Scene 1 is a way for Gaunt to tell Richard exactly how he feels about the way things have been going in England. In his dying breathe he describes England as a incredible garden and still shows Richard his wrongs and gives him some advice.…
money. Mr. Smith declares the land free, so anyone could come to the New World…
Since the sixteenth century, England experienced a gradual evolution and development an economy based on individual initiative, competition and profit, social transformations. In that way gradually emerged a new nobility, interested in the development of industrial production. The bourgeoisie began training to control the economic life of the country. In this essay I will explain the importance of the Restoration in society, in theater, but also in religion connection all these represented by the cause-effect relationship. Afterwards, I will demonstrate that Restoration is a period of contradiction, time described in this mode by Tim Harris. I will show that Restoration revealed accurate moment in history, but also instability…
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms…
