devout Catholic sister Mary became Queen of England. Mary hated her Protestant sister Elizabeth and imprisoned her half-sister Elizabeth in the Tower of London‚ suspecting her of plotting to overthrow her in 1554. Elizabeth survived her two months in the Tower by providing only "answerless answers" to her interrogators making it impossible for anyone to prove her guilty. She also wrote her Mary heart-felt letters‚ playing on her half-sister ’s emotions so that Queen Mary could not bring herself to
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in dire need of an heir to his throne as he is old and sick. He wants his youngest of three sons‚ John‚ to become the heir to the throne‚ however‚ his wife‚ Queen Eleanor‚ wants the eldest son‚ Richard‚ to be king. This is where the facts begin to bend as King Henry is shown as a selfish individual. He wants the love of his sons‚ have Queen Eleanor gone‚ in order to marry his mistress/love‚ Aliais‚ and acquire the Aquitaine from Eleanor. The film’s portrayal of Henry makes us believe that those things
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white ground‚ - capital: London‚ - the people: The English‚ - symbol: the red rose‚ - Patron Saint: St. George‚ - Saint’s day: April 23rd. | Scotland: - flag: white diagonal cross on the blue ground‚ - capital: Edinburgh‚ - the people: The Scots‚ - symbol: the thistle‚ - Patron Saint: St. Andrew‚ - Saint’s day: November 30th. | Wales:- flag: red dragon on the white-green ground‚ - capital: Cardiff‚ - the people: The Welsh‚ - symbol: the leek and the daffodil‚ - Patron Saint: St
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accession of Elizabeth II; 7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen"‚ "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess"‚ Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII‚ she was born a princess‚ but her mother‚ Anne Boleyn‚ was executed two and a half years after her birth.[1] Elizabeth was a different kind of Queen: quick-witted‚ clever and able to use feminine wiles to get
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The beginnings of the KJB were in March 1603‚ when the Queen of England – Queen Elizabeth – died. The heir was her cousin‚ a Scot‚ James the VI (in Scotland). This was the moment he’d been waiting for—to become King James I of England. In the course of the 16th-century‚ England had had a “yo-yo” reformation‚ from Protestant to anti-Protestant
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Catholicism‚ and in vengeance for English piracy of Spanish ships. Queen Elizabeth seeks counsel from her astrologer‚ Dr. John Dee‚ who predicts that the two empires will go to war‚ although he cannot foretell which will triumph over the other‚ leaving Elizabeth to ponder her and England’s fate. Jesuits in London scheme with Phillip “The English Enterprise” which is to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with Mary‚ the Queen of Scots. From her imprisonment‚ Mary sends secret letters to the Jesuits
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queen’s favour. There was also the problem of her cousin‚ Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ who was seen by many English Catholics to be the rightful heir to the throne. Mary became the focus of several Catholic rebellions‚ which were taken very seriously by Elizabeth. Mary was detained in England by Elizabeth‚ and was eventually found to have plotted an assassination attempt on Elizabeth‚ for which she was beheaded. Another cause for concern of the queen was the threats of invasions from foreign shores‚ including
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He was too late. Sir Richard Lundie watched as Andrew de Moray carried out a reverse of the very tactic he had planned himself. Moray brought a contingent of Scots across the Drip Ford and started riding down on the English. It was then that the brave Sir John de Warrenne‚ Earl of Surrey‚ commander of the powerful English army‚ fled the field and rode to the safety of Berwick-upon-Tweed‚ more than 100 miles away
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against England. The English succession was provided for by the English Act of Settlement 1701‚ which ensured that the monarch of England would be a Protestant member of the House of Hanover. Until the Union of Parliaments‚ the Scots could choose their own successor to Queen Anne: the Scottish Act of Security 1704 explicitly required a choice different from the English monarch. Irish perspective Ireland‚ the third of the "sister kingdoms"‚ was not included in the union. It remained a separate kingdom
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Business Law: An Introduction Learning Outcome 1 1. Identify & describe the source of legislation that are binding in Scots Law and quote at least one example. Legislation comes in 4 main sources in Scotland; UK Parliament‚ Scots Parliament‚ European Union and delegate legislation. UK Parliament Laws that are passed by Parliament come from proposals that are made by the Government. These proposals aim to shape society or address certain problems. Once such proposals have been
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