In my opinion, the Battle of Bosworth was a closely fought battle which was contested bravely and was of tactics and tactician, as well as weapons and brute strength. Around about 1st August, Henry Tudor and his troops left from France towards Wales using the sea, coming to a stop at Milford Haven. Henry Tudor was to Rebel and fight against King Richard III who was ruler of England in quite eccentric circumstances involving the disappearance of princes Edward V and his younger brother Richard Duke of York who where to be future kings before being, I think, murdered by Richard Plantagenet for himself to be crowned. After arriving in the Welsh town Henry stayed for up to a week, and then entered England to go towards London. In the battle Henry relied on the Stanleys, another family of great power originally from Lancashire.
To work toward peace, new peace talks began in Paris on January 25, 1969. When the U.S. had withdrawn most of its troops from Vietnam, the North Vietnamese staged another massive assault, called the Easter Offensive (also called the Spring Offensive), on March 30, 1972. North Vietnamese troops crossed over the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel and invaded South Vietnam. The remaining U.S. forces and the South Vietnamese army fought back. The Paris Peace Accords On January 27, 1973, the peace talks in Paris finally succeeded in producing a cease-fire agreement.
“How Constantine rose to Power” When his father was made Caesar, Constantine was left at the court of the emperor Diocletian, where he was under the watchful eye of Galerius, who was Caesar with Constantius. When Diocletian and Maximian resigned in 305, Constantius and Galerius became emperors. Constantius requested that Constantine be sent to him in Britain, and Galerius reluctantly complied. Constantius died at York the next year. There, his soldiers proclaimed Constantine emperor, but much rivalry for the vacated office ensued.
Then when Henry the II took rule the land expanded and England ruled over more of France but when Edward the III came to the throne he lost control of most of the French land. In 1328 when the French king Charles IV died with no male heir to the throne it sparked interest in Edward who believed he was the rightful heir to the throne because his mother (Isabella) was Charles sister. Although Charles cousin prince Phillip also thought he had the rightful place to the throne, this caused the first major battle of the hundred year war, The Battle of Crecy. The battle of Crecy took place in 1346 In France near Normandy in Crecy. King Edward III of England fought against King Phillip VI of France’s son the prince of France in the battle for the throne to rule France.
They built a motte and bailey castle near Hastings. On 14 October 1066, The English army fought the invading Normans. King Harold died in the Battle of Hastings and that left William the only living claimant to the throne. He was crowned King William I on December 25th 1066 at Westminster. The first few years of William’s control were spent gaining control of the parts of England that opposed him; in 1069 Swein Estrithson of Denmark landed in the Humber and supported the English Earls who were already against King William.
Harold might have won if he had waited but) he was defeated and killed in the battle of Hastings. William – “The Conqueror” marched to London, which quickly gave in and he was crowned king of England in Edward’s church of Westminister Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066. A new period has begun. There was an Anglo-Saxon rebellion against the Normans every year until 1070. The small Norman army marched from village to village, destroying places which it couldn’t control.
Explain why William introduced the system of military feudalism into England. (12 marks) William introduced the military feudal system into England because instantly, when William had finally conquered England in 1066, he became the most powerful man in the country; but he couldn’t take military action without an army. He had limited access to his Norman soldiers as they were back in Normandy and would take a few months to transport them all across the channel for his defence. Military feudalism made every tenant-in-chief provide soldiers for the King’s army on condition for holding land for the King. A fixed number of troops were then created called the ‘servitium debitum’ which could produce around five thousand soldiers if called upon by William: military feudalism to secure a huge army, organisation and sophistication of the military.
France's political system of absolute monarchy slowly emerged in the 16th century which was strongly influenced by religious conflicts between Calvinists and Catholics. Though earlier French kings had tried to strengthen their power, Absolute Monarchy was finally established during the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643) and consolidated during that of Louis XIV (1643- 1715) in the 17th century. It was Louis XIII’s regent Cardinal Richelieu who vowed "to make the royal power supreme in France and France supreme in Europe. He was also well known to have a powerful network of spys. When Louis XIII died the next in line to take the throne was his only 5 years old son, Louis XIV.
Why did Louis Philippe become king in 1830? (8) Louis Philippe was a direct descendant of Louis XVIII, and the eldest son of Philippe, duc d’orleans. His father had supported the revolution and favoured the execution of Louis XVI and his family had a pedigree of support for revolutionary principles. In July 1830, the opponents of Charles X were divided about whom or what should replace him. Many of the popular Parisian leaders, supported by the workers and students favoured a republic under the presidency of Lafayette.
Maria Scheerer February 22, 2013 Claim to the Throne of England The death of King Edward leaves many men vying for the throne of England. Harold an Earl takes over the kingdom upon Edward the Confessor’s death. His tie is Edward the Confessor had married Harold’s sister Edith. He was powerful and proved to be a strong leader and soldier. The evidence of this coronation is shown in the Bayeux Tapestry.