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1 day ago · Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Some of these descendants would play a role in the history of ...
5 days ago · The Power of Kings: Monarchy and Religion in Europe, 1589-1715. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1999; 427pp. Paul Kliber Monod has written an ambitious and very welcome book, which seeks to investigate the relationship between Christianity and kingship across the whole of Christian Europe in the 'long' seventeenth century from 1589 to 1715.
Anthony Milton finds that few of Heylyn's contemporaries were prepared to go as far down the road of criticism of the late king as he was, but this essay is a useful corrective to the view that Eikon Basilike provided the only critique of monarchy that royalists could accept, and also challenges the view of the historian Andrew Lacey that ...
4 days ago · Henry VIII (born June 28, 1491, Greenwich, near London, England—died January 28, 1547, London) was the king of England (1509–47) who presided over the beginnings of the English Renaissance and the English Reformation. His six wives were, successively, Catherine of Aragon (the mother of the future queen Mary I ), Anne Boleyn (the mother of ...
- Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. When his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502, Henry became the heir to...
- Henry VIII married six times between 1509 and 1543 in pursuit of heirs and political alliances. His wives were Catherine of Aragon (the mother of M...
- Henry VIII was survived by three children, each of whom sat on the throne of England: Edward VI (ruled 1547–53), Mary I (ruled 1553–58), and Elizab...
- Henry VIII was the king of England (1509–47). He broke with the Roman Catholic Church and had Parliament declare him supreme head of the Church of...
- Of his six wives, Henry VIII had two killed: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He accused Anne of adultery, and she was convicted and beheaded on M...
5 days ago · Originally, I have earmarked up to two-and-a-half days for Denmark (starting on 4th and ending on 6th July). The second day involves a day trip outside Copenhagen. After then I would go up to Oslo (via train and Gothenburg) from 7th to 10th July. However, some Youtube videos tipped me off tempting me to try travelling between Oslo and Bergen ...
4 days ago · 1.Bernardo relieves Francisco of guard duty. 2.Marcellus tells Bernardo that Horatio does not believe their story about the apparitions. 3.The Ghost of Hamlet's father appears, but stalks away when 4.Horatio commands it to speak. 5.Marcellus asks Horatio why such a strict nightly watch has been set at Elsinore. 6.Horatio explains that Fortinbras has raised an unlawful army to avenge his father ...
4 days ago · law based on precedent. Unhappy with King John's rule, a group of English nobles. seized power from him. made him give the throne to his brother. forced him to sign the Magna Carta. started a civil war in England. forced him to sign the Magna Carta. King Henry II is best known for his improvements to the English.
