This was only escalated by Charles’ speech impediment which also made him seem weak and impractical, and meant that in the case of an emergency, a solution would always be harder to reach. In the case of military weakness Charles failed to capitalise on the early strengthening of his position after the stalemate of the battle of Edge hill, 23rd October 1642. Although this was the perfect opportunity for Charles to advance to London, he was not decisive enough and the royalists were forced back to Turnham green. Although there were some royalist victories, such as Adwalton moor- 30th June, Roundsway down – 13th July and Bristol 26th July, Charles failed to eliminate problems within the army and therefore couldn’t advance on this success. Charles failed to solve the major problem of neutralism and localism within the royalist army.
Interestingly, one of the demands is that “no woman can succeed to the throne in this kingdom” . This is surprising after Isabella was a very popular Queen and suggests that these demands could have been just drawn up by the leader rather than the people. To reiterate, this source doesn’t tell us if any of these demands were actually met by Charles and it seems that they are just trying to shift the distribution of power. The evidence here limits the credibility of this source however this source becomes more
Succession would overtake to a son of a less important wife if the king and the Great Royal Wife had no son to inherit the throne. He would then take claim to the throne by marrying the Great Royal Daughter which is the daughter of the king and the Principal Queen. If they had no daughter, the new king would then marry his stepmother, the Principal Queen. However, below the king was a hierarchy of government officials that gave him advice, imposed the laws, pleased the gods, collected taxes, etc. Egypt then became an intricate, official situation in which a centralized government was essential to permanence and wealth.
Do you agree with the view expressed in Source K, that the diplomatic situation was the main reason for Henry’s failure to attain an annulment from Catherine by 1529? It is very clear that there was more than one factor that caused some difficulties for Henry VIII’s failure to gain an annulment from his marriage to Catherine by 1529. However, it is possible that the diplomatic situation has role in his failure, as it didn't help his case of getting an annulment and caused an impediment to his situation. Since the Pope was under the influence of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, it made Henry’s situation more difficult due to the fact that he needed the Pope to grant his annulment, and what made it worse was that Charles V was the nephew of Catherine and had a great input into any of the Pope’s decisions. Source K argues that the Diplomatic situation was a highlight of Henry’s failed attempt to gaining an annulment.
On the contrary, the marriage would safeguard England as any heir Mary and Philip may have produced would have inherited the Netherlands and England. This could potentially become a secure and substantial empire; therefore at this point in time, Spain was an ally to England. However, Spain was soon to become much less of an ally to England, demonstrated by Philip’s actions soon after their marriage. He only visited England in 1556, when he wanted England to join Spain in war with France in 1557. Spain had already defeated France when England captured St Quentin and the war soon led to England losing its last foothold in Europe - Calais.
As a result of these political, social and economic failures, the Post Civil War reconstruction was a failure. From a political standpoint, there was anything but success. The goal was to unify and equalize the nation, and build trust but neither of these was accomplished. For example, ex-confederate leaders were not allowed to hold office. This exacerbated sectional tensions rather than quell them because the country could not unify if there was inequality existing.
When Jefferson found out about this he was mad. He order the new Secretary of State, James Madison, not to deliver the final appointments to the selected judges. One of the judges that didn’t get his promised appointment was William Marbury. Marbury decided to take action in court. Marbury’s argument was supported by Section 13 of the Judiciary Act.
Henry was desperate for a male heir, so he wasn’t too pleased when Catherine couldn’t produce one. Henry wanted an annulment of his marriage, and when the Pope refused him this, he created the Protestant Church giving himself the title “Fidei Defensor” (Defender of the Faith) and married his second Queen Anne Boleyn. Mary was declared illegitimate and removed from her position as heir to the throne. She was to no longer be called "princess",
attack become a failure and King Philip suffered greatly. the troops could not land to pick up more and the storm damaged ships causing them to sink. Many territories were lost from this attack but he still managed to some how obtain his title as absolute monarchy. Charles the
To what extent was Charles I responsible for the failure to reach a negotiated settlement 1646-1649? It can be argued that to a large extent that Charles’ behaviour was responsible for his execution in the beginning of 1649. Losing both civil wars, escaping from the New Model Army and secret letters to his wife claiming that he will delay negotiations for as long as possible suggests reasons why he was executed. However, Parliament and the New Model Army were also factors which were responsible for the failure to reach a negotiated settlement as Parliament were divided and because the New Model Army were highly influenced from the Levellers. The King being the most important figure in England assumed he had all authority within England as he firmly believed in the ‘Divine Rights of Kings’ which is the belief that God has given the King his authority and so the King lives through God’s ‘legacy’.