English History Essays
Posted: November 10th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: English History, European History, French History, History, War | Tags: Military Tactics, The Hundred Years War | Comments Off
King Edward III’s military tactics were the sole reason for the English victory at Crecy in 1346. Not only that, he was the reason for English success overall in the early stages of The Hundred Years War. The war was started because of a feudal dynastic struggle over the Duchy of Aquitaine, and also the [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: English History, European History, History | Tags: Battle, Spain | Comments Off
The Spanish Armada was a great Spanish fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England. It was ironically called “Invincible.” During the late 1500’s, Spain was the major international power over much of the known world (Goldman 1). Spain’s leader, King Philip II, wanted to conquer the Protestants from England [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: English History, History, Theatre | Tags: Elizabethan, Globe Theatre, London, William Shakespeare | Comments Off
In the cobblestone roadways and roughly built playhouses, an extraordinary development took place in England in the 1500s. At that time, a burst of literary accomplishments arose that was never before seen in the history of the theater. In the all-new idea of theaters, playwrights lifted the Elizabethan Theater to new heights. Men like Shakespeare [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: English History, People | Tags: Church of England, Henry VIII, King of England, Roman Catholic Church, Tudor | Comments Off
On June 28, 1941 Henry the VIII of England was born. This young man will form his own church. He will succeed to the throne in 1509. He will also marry six women! Something good will happen when he is king, he will unite England and Wales and will also do some bad things like [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: English History, People | Tags: Gunpowder Plot, London, Roman Catholic Church | Comments Off
Fawkes Guy, was one of the greatest conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot. Fawkes, pronounced fawks Guy, English conspirator, born in York. A protestant by birth, he became a Roman Catholic after the marriage of his widowed mother to a man of Catholic background and sympathies(Miller 578). In 1593 he enlisted in the Spanish Army in [...]
