THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR - the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was perhaps the first national war in Europe - after Norman conquest England was a rising power‚ strong monarchy‚ no involvement in conflicts‚ - English knights began rob their continental neighbours; simply because they were more powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚
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Duke of Gloucester. In 1470‚ Edward and Richard were exiled when Henry VI was briefly restored to the throne. The following year‚ they returned to England and Richard contributed to the Yorkist victories at Barnet and Tewkesbury which restored Edward to the throne. He was King of England for two years‚ from 1483 until his death in 1485‚ then Henry Tudor took the throne as Henry VII. Richard was the last Yorkist king of England‚ whose death at the Battle of Bosworth effectively ended the Wars of
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Edward responsible for his own desposition in 1470? When Edward VI became King in 1461‚ he had to deal with some unfavourable circumstances. Edward had not executed his enemies; Henry VI‚ Prince Edward‚ or Margaret of Anjou‚ so they escaped to Scotland. This provided an alternative King for Edward’s opponents to support. He was also a usurper to the throne‚ therefore the majority of the nobility that were still loyal to Henry VI could use this to their favour. Additionally‚ Edward did not control
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Christianity; in 878 he defeated the Danes‚ they retreated to the "Danelaw" (NE parts of England). England grew rich and strong under Alfred’s descendants‚ who unified the kingdoms. Anglo-Saxon names: -ham (village)‚ -hurst (wood)‚ -ey (island); Danish settlement: -by (town)‚ -thorpe (settlement)‚ -garth (enclosure) about 1000 the Danes renewed their attacks -> 1016 Danish king Canute united Denmark and England; the Anglo-Danish empire fell apart again‚ in 1066 Harold II‚ the last Anglo-Saxon king
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The Hundred Years’ War‚ was a conflict between England and France‚ was not actually a single war that lasted a hundred years; instead it was a series of wars interspersed with periods of peace that began in May 1337 and ended in October 1453. The three main conflicts were the Edwardian War won by English king Edward III; the Caroline War won by French king Charles V; and the Lancastrian War won by French king Charles VII. The Hundred Years’ War was the outcome of disputes between the ruling families
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conquests where kings were crowned and their champions become legends. The tales of their deeds are still are written in our history‚ but like all legends there is a mixture of truth and myth. It is during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England that we hear of one such tale. The rise of King Charles VII and his champion‚ Joan of d’Arc‚ a mere peasant girl and devout to the Catholic Church who became a warrior‚ a martyr‚ and the Saint of France. Joan of d’Arc was born to Isabelle Romee
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Plantagenet was born on October 2nd‚ 1452‚ in Northamptonshire. His father was Richard‚ Duke of York‚ and his mother was Cicely Neville. When Richard’s father died‚ his eldest son Edward took the throne in 1460‚ and Richard III became admiral of England in 1461. In 1483 King Edward died‚ and his son was his heir. Soon after‚ King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville’s marriage was declared illegal because of a pre-contract of marriage between Edward IV and Lady Eleanor Butler; and Edward’s heir was
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Act 2 Though still sick‚ King Edward IV brokers a reconciliation between Queen Elizabeth‚ Dorset‚ and Rivers and Hastings and Buckingham. Anon‚ Richard appears to reconcile with everyone else when Queen Elizabeth mentions her wish to have Clarence pardoned. To the shock of everyone‚ most especially to King Edward IV himself who claims that he had issued an order reversing Clarence’s condemnation‚ Richard informs the gathered assembly that Clarence is dead and buried‚ adding that the King’s countermand
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Sonnets of Shakespeare Shakespeare’s sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets‚ dealing with themes such as the passage of time‚ love‚ beauty and mortality‚ first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS.: Never before imprinted. (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The Passionate Pilgrim). The quarto ends with "A Lover’s Complaint"‚ a narrative poem of 47 seven-line stanzas written in rhyme royal. The first 17 poems‚ traditionally
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crowned as King Charles VII of France. Following her death‚ the French armies would win a succession of victories. English territory in France‚ which had been extensive since 1066‚ was now confined to the port of Calais. France was now extricated from England would continue to become a great political and military power in Europe
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