Frederick V Vs Ferdinand II

After reading Machiavelli’s The Prince and watching Shakespeare’s Henry V in class, one begins to notice similarities between the authors’ idea of what a “perfect king” should be. The patterns between the ideal ruler of Shakespeare and the ideal ruler of Machiavelli can be seen in numerous instances throughout this story. For the duration of this essay, I will compare the similarities in both pieces to give the reader a better understanding of how Shakespeare devised his view of what a “perfect king” should be.

The Scientific Revolution consisted of a time period during which revolutionary ideas dramatically altered the thinking of people. It helped trigger the Enlightenment in which rulers acted in accordance with the advisement of philosophes who believed that everything should be thought of in a rational way that was based off of reason, not faith. Frederick the Great of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria were considered to be Enlightened rulers. By implementing modern changes that supported knowledge, education, and the arts for the betterment of the country and its society, Frederick the Great and Joseph II furthered the development of Enlightenment principles in contrast to the system that was previously enforced. However, they also created a

Frederick Douglas was born into the slave trade in Talbot County, Maryland. He was sent to work on a plantation for the Hugh’s Family for about seven years. This is the location where his learning truly began. His mistress was a “kind, tender-hearted, woman” who treated Frederick as a human instead of property the family owned. This was a dangerous thing for both parties at this time in history it was considered wrong. Frederick States “Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me” which I see the connection he had made to her change of personality because of slavery. She had heavenly qualities that slavery was able to divest from her. It was injurious to Fredrick not only for the lashings a salve would

The Bohemians elected Fredrick V as their new king. Ferdinand then called upon his cousin, King Philip II of Spain for help. Ferdinand formed an army to oppose the Bohemians. Count Bucquoy, an Austrian Catholic, won a huge battle against the Protestants at Sablat in June of 1619. The battle caused the Protestant to loose an ally in Savoy. The Spanish sent an army under the command of Ambrosio Spinola to aid Ferdinand. In the fall of 1620, the Spanish and Holy Roman Empire's army advanced on the Protestant forces in Bohemia. On November 8, 1620, the Protestants were defeated at the Battle of the White Mountain. Fredrick's defeat earned him the nickname the Winter King . Tilly, commander of a Catholic force caught up with the reminder of the Bohemian protestant force, and defeated them at the Battle of Stadtlohn in 1623. The Catholics were victorious in the first phase. This battle was the last major battle of the Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years War .

World War 1 was fought between the periods of 1914 to 1919. It is also known as the Great War. WW1 began as a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary. The conflict spread like wildfire, dragging almost all of the countries in Europe into WW1. Lots of reasons are given onto the cause of the war and what eventually concluded the war. My paper will discuss the different aspects of the war, especially the U.S.’s contribution and involvement to the war.

Frederick was a fearless individual that through many hardships was able to become a free and extremely successful man. An instance where he was fearless was when he decided he wanted to learn how to read. When he was younger, Frederick would finish his deliveries early so he could be taught by the poor boys of Baltimore (Douglass 37). Later on in his life, he held classes for his fellow slaves and the black people of the town (Douglass 59). Douglass taught them how to read and write. He was fearless because if he was caught by his master it would mean certain death. This trait was important, because without it he wouldn’t have been brave enough to teach others. Frederick probably got the fearless trait from when he beat up Mr. Covey. It was a brave act and it boosted Frederick’s morale.

Throughout the story Frederick tells us about his childhood, the things that he has seen and things that he knows that the slaveholders have done. He has seen rape, brutality, and neglect before the age of 5. Imagine what that would do to a person. Douglas is portrayed as a person that has been wronged because he was sold to another person before he really got to know his mother. Because of the things he saw he had no idea the word around him was different, so he thought slavery was everywhere. Once he could read he noticed it wasn’t the same everywhere and so he set out to change the

Frederick was broken, but what kept him going was his outstanding determination (This was paraphrased from Frederick Douglass). He talked about how this could change for the better because it was an insult to America since this country was supposed to be free. He had to escape the plantation farms and start a movement to end slavery. As he escaped, he moved to New York city where he continued to learn and published books and gave lectures and speeches on the reasons why slavery is unjust and is against the foundations of the American soil (This was paraphrased from Frederick Douglass). His determination lead to him being world famous and he gained support from Abraham Lincoln himself. In the speech that Douglass gave on July 5th it talked about how he does not care about 4rth of July because it's a holiday slaves can not celebrate because those who celebrate it were the masters of the slaves. Frederick Douglass was so determined to end slavery that he even questioned the significance of the country and their independence. He wanted to show slave owners and the American people that since he was darker colored he did not have the same rights nor could he celebrate a holiday so dear to the American and feel the same and proud to be

“Every page is red with the blood of the American Slave” ( Huggins, 37). The primary goal that Frederick wanted to accomplish as a reformer was to establish racial equality. Trying to work towards his ultimate goal he established more immediate goals. When the civil war first started such as fighting for the emancipation of the slaves and allowing for the rights of blacks to enlist in the union army. He hoped that the outcome of the war might be that “everyone in the country be entitled to the same rights protection and opportunities.” (Huggins, 97). He also said that “the black man a solider in war, a laborer of peace ; a voter in the South as well in the North; America his permanent home, and Americans his permanent countrymen.”( Huggins, 98).

Frederick was put to work as a field hand and was extremely unhappy. Frederick then organized a Sunday religious service for the slaves which met near town. As quick as they started they were stopped, a mob led by Thomas Auld broke up the meetings and would not soon forget about them.

Yet another example shown by Frederick of slaves being able to resist their masters is by the sacrifices of his mother to come and see him. Because a method often used by slaveholders of keeping the slaves weak is to keep their families and loved ones separated. By coming to see him as a boy in the night Frederick's mother resisted those methods.

The thirty years war was yet another example of religious strife in Europe. Rudolf II the ruler of Bohemia tolerated Protestants in his country, but his successor Ferdinand II did not and pushed the work of the counter reformation. The Bohemians rebelled, and Ferdinand exiled and executed them. They were told to register and sell their property and leave within fourteen days to "prevent further trouble and embarrassment." (Dietrich). When the truce between Spain and the Dutch ended, fighting in Germany and the Netherlands resumed. Ferdinand then issued the Edict of Nantes (which he would later suspend due to opposition by nobles), which gave Catholics back all their land that the Protestants had taken. France then entered the war, seizing the opportunity to attack their opposing Catholic power, the Hapsburgs. They also attacked Ferdinand. One third of Germany's total population was killed, but this was not the

While there is never just a single event that has led to the start of a world war, or any other serious war, there is often one thing that triggers long lived tensions and thus war ensues. Such was the case in WWI with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were many tensions that existed prior to his assassination, but it was his assassination which triggered the war, his assassination that served as an excuse, and perhaps the last straw, so to speak, which led to the First World War. The following paper examines the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and its relationship to the start of WWI.

It can be argued that the First Jewish Revolt met the Jus ad bellum criteria ‘Just cause/Right intention’, which is that “the war must not be fought to pursue national interests but to re-establish a just peace.” (Dorbolo 2001)

Frederick is a noble Christian; it is obvious why he is uncertain on how to approach the situation and having a cold-hearted lawyer is certainly not helping