Source 2 agrees that he had a lot of power of the nobility as he ‘shakes them by the ear’ this quote show that Skelton was taking the mick out of the nobility for not standing up to Wolsey which shows the amount of power he had over them but also that the nobles did actually fear Wolsey. This therefore lowered his popularity as he was inconsiderate and treated the nobles crudely. Source 1 and 2 also agree that Wolsey saw himself as king. In source 1 it states ‘he
Was John really a bad king? Through out history King John has been portrayed as a villainous king for example in the legends of Robin Hood he is shown as a greedy and cruel ruler who treated his people unfairly. However this may not be an accurate picture of him as for example he fed hundreds of paupers on feast days and he was hard working, often travelling the country and sitting in on court cases. Many of the problems he faced in running the country were in fact caused by Richard 1 who had neglected England. Sources from the time of John describe John as a poor leader and that he was greedy for money.
John heard of this and in his fury had Geoffrey imprisoned in chains, clad in a cope made of lead and starved. Geoffrey died an agonising death.’ I don’t think this source is a trustworthy source because he can’t tell us the name or the whereabouts of the sheriff. Roger tells us that John let a robber that murdered a priest go because it was an enemy of his but government records show that John ordered anyone killing a priest
Charles was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings and as his subjects; we feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. He totally ignored the Magna Carta and showed no respect on ruling lawfully. Charles invaded the House of Common and tried to murder the leader of H.O.C. He also forced people to pay money only for his own needs. Why do we need a king that’s so selfish and disrespectful to rule our country?
He was scared of the thought of death but then executed many others. He was a selfish and unfair human being who did not care about others. His plans could have been achieved in a much nicer way. He did not gain anyone’s trust during his time. He made people suffer instead of helping them get through the war.
Xaymara Ruiz Morrell/Horan English II 20 May 2012 Creons unjust and unfair choices Due to the actions made by creon as a king,society viewed him as unfair and unjust,causing the town to fall apart in many ways.Creon rejected all advice. "Creon rejects the leaders suggestion.Naturally,for he knows the explanation.Its sedition, working through bribery". "For me ,a man who rules the entire state and does not take the best advice there is,but throgh fear keeps his mouth forever shut....".Creon was deaf to entreaties. "Creon wants the moral support of these men because he forsees disobedience to his edict". "So spit this girl out-she's yur enemy.Let her marry someone else in hades.Since i caught her clearly disobeying,the only culpit in the entire
By placing high taxes on imported luxury goods, he inadvertently encouraged smuggling. Philip's monstrous palace and monastery at Escorial had consumed much of Spanish wealth.” (http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2philip2-spain.htm). Clearly states that Philip II did not value his money at all. He owed 36 million ducats with an annual deficit of 1 million ducats; this was because of his recklessness with money and because of all the money he wasted on wars. Aside from reducing state revenues for overseas expeditions, the domestic policies of Philip II further burdened Spain and would in the following century, contribute to its decline.
In order to continue battling France, the King forced from his barons greater taxes and additional military services, this angered the barons because he did not consult them before raising taxes; this was a violation of feudal law and custom. On top of angering the barons, King John also angered the citizens and the church as well. He was using unnecessary military force and demanded a ridiculous amount of taxes. Disagreements between Pope Innocent III, King John, and the English barons about the Kings rights were how the Magna Carta came to be written. A new Archbishop was to be elected; the candidates were the monks of Canterbury, and the other candidate was someone that the king favored, the Pope had the election take place in front of him, to see fair play.
This was thought though to spite the Senate which he grew to hate. So with his growing erraticness and the squandering of his inherited wealth from Tiberius coupled along with oppressing the people and the reopening of his great uncles treason trials were all factors of his undoing and eventually his
One similarity they had was that they both were concerned with the behaviors of the government officials. Government officials were being too abusive with the way they were treating people like the story of Marcus Marius. Because his people didn’t do one job right, he was being beaten for something that he didn’t even do. The government didn’t beat the people who were the ones who actually cleared the baths and cleaned them up for the consul’s wife. Another example would be when Augustus’s grandson was assassinated while Tiberius was in power.