Robert Bolt’s “A Man For All Seasons” A Man For All Seasons is a great movie which mainly focuses on the life of Sir Thomas More from England and the current king at the time King Henry VIII. The time period was during King Henry the VIII's period of reigning. King Henry wanted to marry his brother's widow, and eventually received a special dispensation from the Pope. After learning that his new wife Catherine whom he married was not able to have children, he started to search again for another wife. It was thought that since King Henry VIII had married his brother’s wife that he was cursed in regards to Catherine not being able to have any children.
When Louis XIII died the next in line to take the throne was his only 5 years old son, Louis XIV. His mother ruled for him alongside the new Chief Minister, Mazarin, who had been trained by Richelieu. Mazarin became unpopular with many, because of his overbearing attempts to raise taxes. In the 1640's a group of nobles known as the nobility of the sword, backed by peasants led a series of revolts called The Fronde (1649 and 1652) against Mazarin. Louis XIV takes over after Mazarin’s death in 1661 The revolts alarmed the young king into believing that only a country with absolute monarchy could prevent civil war.
The main reasons I will be looking at for why the revolutions failed are The Pope’s Allocution, they didn’t have a common goal, France, lack of foreign support and also the power of Austria. With the appointment of the new Pope, Pope Pius X1 in 1846, the states of Italy believed they would have a better chance of unification. Pope Pius was the first liberal pope Italy had seen and he gained support by ending censorship, telling Austrians to leave a town in the Papal States and he also released 2000 political prisoners. These actions had Metternich scared. He even quoted ‘we were prepared for anything, except a liberal Pope.
Radical financial reforms by Turgot and Malesherbes angered the nobles and were blocked by the parlements who insisted that the King did not have the legal right to levy new taxes. So, in 1776, Turgot was dismissed and Malesherbes resigned, to be replaced by Jacques Necker. Necker supported the American Revolution, and he carried out a policy of taking out large international loans instead of raising taxes. When this policy failed miserably, Louis dismissed him, and then replaced him in 1783 with Charles Alexandre de Calonne, who increased public spending to "buy" the country's way out of debt. Again this failed, so Louis convoked the Assembly of Notables in 1787 to discuss a revolutionary new fiscal reform proposed by Calonne.
Phillip II of Spain was a shy, serious, very religious, and a very hard working ruler. Phillip II wouldn’t allow anyone to help him. Phillip II seized the Portugal kingdom when the king died in 1580 without an heir, and he was his nephew. He had and empire circling the globe after he seized Portugal. American mines supplied Spain with gold.
Carrie Farley Learning Activity 2 Louis XIV 2/11/2011 Louis XIV Louis XIV came from a long line of royalty. His turn to become king actually came a little earlier than planned. At the age of 5, Louis XIII passed away and Louis XIV was supposed to be king next, but since he was so young, he had a placeholder until he got older. Mazarin, a cardinal, held his place as king until he passed away. Mazarin made the country a more miserable place and people started to rebel because of his rulings.
Throughout the whole ordeal the Duke of Austria got to be king. The losers would not accept it so the war broke out with Europe that split up into the Habsburg (Catholic/Imperial) vs. Protestants (Sweden and France/ Gustavas Adolphus and Bourbons.) The first period in The Thirty Year War was named the Bohemian Period that ranged from 1618-1625. When Ferdinand II became a Catholic king in the Holy Roman Empire, the
Christianity in the Roman Empire The rise of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire is one of the main contributing factors to its destruction circa 500 C.E. The teachings and morals portrayed in the letters of Paul of Tarsus (135-136) contradicted the Roman culture by preaching to follow the laws set forth by Christ rather than those set forth by the Roman Senate (136). The difference in belief caused tension between the Roman government and its citizens as more and more converted to Christianity and rebelled against Roman persecution. Paul of Tarsus was a very influential character in the story of Christianity. Thirteen letters are attributed to him in the writings that came to comprise the New Testament (134).
Christianity in the Roman Empire The rise of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire is one of the main contributing factors to its destruction circa 500 C.E. The teachings and morals portrayed in the letters of Paul of Tarsus (135-136) contradicted the Roman culture by preaching to follow the laws set forth by Christ rather than those set forth by the Roman Senate (136). The difference in belief caused tension between the Roman government and its citizens as more and more converted to Christianity and rebelled against Roman persecution. Paul of Tarsus was a very influential character in the story of Christianity. Thirteen letters are attributed to him in the writings that came to comprise the New Testament (134).
His wife, Queen Charlotte has borne him 15 children, and their relationship is a tender and genuine love affair. Things begin to go askew, when George's mental state deteriorates. Accompanied by symptoms of acute abdominal pain, discolored urine, and fever, George's unrestrained behavior is increasingly outrageous and it soon becomes clear that he is not fit to rule. His son and heir, the opportunistic and idle Prince of Wales, sees a chance for power and with the help of Pitt's rival politician, a bill is proposed to establish the prince regent, reigning in the king's stead. They prescribe a treatment of blistering, purgatives, and hot baths, but there is no improvement.