Monasteries were destroyed, their contents and wealth confiscated (& given to the king ) & those who opposed this were hanged. Henry did this to try to reduce the power of the pope. At the time Henry thought he was right to do this. However, many people opposed Henry’s actions due to there religious beliefs. Looking back it is clear there was evidence supporting & opposing the decision to close the monasteries.
Louis Riel and his Métis followers felt threatened by Thomas Scott, an Irish Protestant who was against Métis and Roman Catholics being involved with the Government. He began to spread his views in the Red River. Angered and scared, with Riel’s approval, the Provisional Government arrested Thomas Scott and executed him by firing squad. Both men were hated by many people and were in danger of getting killed. Martin Luther King gave many speeches about racism and how people should not be judged by the colour of their skin, but on the basis of their character.
Wolsey was raised as a Catholic and supported the concept of marriage however, the main reason he was able to stay in power for so long was his flexibility to meet the kings wishes whatever they were. A divorce was very hard to obtain even for the king of England as it went against the religious nature of the country and so Wolsey knew he would have to find a loophole or old scripture that allowed Henry to be divorced from Catherine if he wanted to please Henry and stay in power. Wolsey tried to say that Edward had not consummated his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and so it was not valid, however this is most likely untrue and so this did not work. The Sack of Rome was used to put pressure on the Pope to grant the divorce as it kept the Pope as a virtual prisoner inside of Italy however this also failed. Wolsey’s final attempt to secure the divorce was through Henry’s own court however, this was not recognised by Catherine and she went to the Pope who refused to grant the divorce.
She was brought before the new Alexandrian emperor, Emperor Maxentius, who had replaced her deceased father. Emperor Maxentius was persecuting Christians. Catherine reprimanded him for this cruelty and asked him to stop. Insulted and astounded at Catherine’s boldness, the Emperor held Catherine prisoner at his palace. He called his scholars in to try to trick her into committing heresy against the Roman religion so she could be put to death.
This meant that the majority of Catholics in Italy now supported Mussolini too. The reason the elites were important was for the same reason, they gave Mussolini support. But this time, instead of from the religious sector, the support came from the industrialists, known as the Elites. They feared socialism and saw fascism as the best way to combat their enemies. They were able to do this because they had considerable influence over those who worked for them and could get them to vote for fascism instead of socialism.
The German public saw Hitler as god-like with his vast power and glorifying the German race as being the “master race.” When he finally reversed the power of the Treaty of Versailles and rebuilt Germany’s armed forces, the German nation basically did as he told them to do. This was seen as one of his major successes. Another would be numerous military successes. He united Germany after the humiliation of World War I and extended the Germen territory into Eastern Europe. This would be his military successes.
It can be argued that Bismarck was a successful statesman given his notable ability to change his affiliations with the political parties so that the most significant force within the Reichstag was supportive of him, ensuring his policies were pushed through; and when the political feeling of the nation changed, Bismarck was able to quickly switch sides, ensuring he remained Chancellor. The first years of Bismarck’s reign as Chancellor can be seen as his ‘Liberal Years’. This is because the National Liberal party were the dominant political party in the Reichstag. And as Bismarck did not have a party of his own, he needed to secure an alliance with them. This was relatively simple as they both shared similar aims; the Liberals, like Bismarck, had a main aim of national unity, and also shared some short term goals with him, such as centralisation of administrative power and the opposition to the Catholics and the Centre Party.
I’m sure they did not want another Spartacus. Here however the romans actually tried not to kill Christians, which was easier said than done. Christians were only too willing to be martyred as it was the quickest way to heaven. “Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in Heaven…” Rome was not stupid.
I am a devout Calvinist and the king is Roman Catholic, and as such holds strong anti-Protestant views. Because Protestants’ beliefs do not follow the king’s beliefs, King Louis XIV has decided to wage war on anyone that is not Roman Catholic. My arrest was nothing out of the ordinary; many other noble French citizens have met the same fate as I and many more after me as well. I was detained using a “lettre de cachet”, it is a letter under royal seal, issued by the king and signed by a minister, ordering me to be held. King Louis XIV personally decided I was to be imprisoned at the Bastille prison, as he did with the majority of other inmates imprisoned at the Bastille.
Thomas Becket was an influential person of the Middle Age history due mainly in part to his highly ranked position and great honor for the church along with his people, and his legendary murder. In 1662, Thomas Becket was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important religious position in England, by good friend and king, Henry II. During Henry’s reign, the Church had its own courts and any member of the Church could decide to be tried in a Church court rather than a royal court. Church courts tended to give out easier punishments to their men who had done wrong, and Henry saw this as a weakness in his authority (Thomas). According to historians, Becket was only appointed the position in hopes that Henry would receive more power