Quinterrace Blackmon Mrs. Johnnie Hargrove English 203 31 October 2011 Helen of Troy: The Manipulated Beauty Throughout the history of Greece and Rome there were important historical women who played roles in their society. The Greek poet Homer and Roman poet Virgil created alluring epic poems, both involving the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy. Helen is the face that launched a thousand ships. At the time of the Trojan War she was the most beautiful woman in the world. There is some question as to whether she is the most beautiful woman of all time.
Catherine Howard Catherine was Henry’s 5th wife. She was crowned Queen in 1540. Henry fell in love with her straight away. She was a beautiful woman from court and she was very young women, who liked to have fun. Although just like Anne Boleyn she was killed, because she loved someone else instead of Henry.
During the 18 Dynasty, The Egyptian Queens had a variety of roles which impacted on the establishment and the consolidation of the 18th Dynasty. Tetisheri, Ahhotep the Elder and Younger and Ahmose-Nefertari all had significant roles within Egypt and played a prominent role in the political life of the country at a time of economic and military expansion. Tetisheri was the founding mother of the 18th Dynasty as she was the mother of Seqenenre who began the war against the Hyksos. Furthermore, she is the grandmother to Ahmose who completed the expulsion of the Hyksos and founded the 18th Dynasty. It is evident that Tetisheri had a significant role in the establishment of the 18th Dynasty through her son and grandson.
The beauty and the nature of France were well accompanied by their great royal family. Marie Antoinette, unlike many of the other queens, was a breakthrough in her high classed fashion and individuality. Throughout her life, she showed many qualities of normal 18th century women; being dictated by her family and those around her as if she was property or some form of bargain rather than being treated as a normal human being. Through her life, her marrage and her sudden death sentence, she will never be forgotten as a great monarch of French history Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755 in the town of Vienna, Austria. She was the youngest of the sixteen children of Marie Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
Because of her many talents and skills, she has often been labeled a Renaissance woman. It is for this reason, she has receives so much recognition. Her story is one filled with many trials and tribulations. As soon as she was born, her parents divorced. This paved the way for a damaging childhood and adolescent life and having to overcome struggle and hardship.
Agrippina the Younger Agrippina was one of the most influential women of her time. She had achieved powers and honours, previously unachievable by Roman women. Even Livia, wife of the great Augustus Caesar, did not hold the range of powers bestowed on Agrippina herself. The reason behind her power is her use of her incredible linage to impose herself upon the political scene. Part of the reason behind Agrippina’s power was her close proximity to some of the most powerful men in the ancient world, she was the great-granddaughter of the great Augustus: who also had achieved a deified status, daughter of Germanicus: said to be the reincarnation of Apollo himself, sister of an emperor (Caligula), wife of an emperor (Claudius), and mother of an emperor (Nero).
March 25, 2012 Hist 104: Medieval Heroes It’s A Scandalous Life “It was on account of her lasciviousness that Louis gave up his wife, who behaved not like a queen but more like a [whore].” (Wheeler, 250) Eleanor of Aquitaine, a powerful woman well-known throughout the medieval world. Although she was described in Primary Document 2 as “an incompatible woman, beautiful yet virtuous, powerful yet gentle, humble yet keen-witted…”, others would beg to differ and account the scandals that revolved around her, as portrayed in McCracken’s essay and Primary Documents 1 and 2, and even compare her life to that of Marie Antoinette of Austria, as portrayed in Parsons’ essay. First we will look at McCracken’s view, as well as Primary Documents
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Born in New York City on October 11th, 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt was a woman with copious amounts of accomplishments. Her important roles in politics as well as her involvement in things like woman’s suffrage movements distinguished her public profile as what we see today. She is one of the greatest first ladies in U.S. history. In Eleanor’s early years, her life was full of traumatic experiences. Her father was an alcoholic who was disowned by his family (Women).
Cultural Anthropology Margret Mead Margret Mead is one of the most renowned anthropologists of all time. She brought the idea of teams, as opposed to only in individuals. Margret Mead was known for her some of her best-selling books. She was a victim in one of the most controversial events in the history of cultural anthropology. Margret Mead was considered a liar, and was looked down upon by many during her career, in an unfair manner.
Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed The Maid of Orléans is considered a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was 19 years old. Twenty-five years after the execution, Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, pronounced her innocent and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920.