King Francis-Personal Narrative

In this tale, the reader is introduced to a belligerent knight in King Arthur’s court who defiles a woman of royalty. This reprehensible act by the knight entirely differs from the actions of a virtuous and respectable knight, consequently suggesting that ethics are not inherited like affluence or one’s last name. Instead of being punished by death, the knight is sent out by the queen on a quest to find what women really want and love, with the agreement that he has one year and a day to return and only the right answer will spare his life. This is where the expression and meaning of love begins to show divides between separate communities. Along the knight’s quest for the answer he comes

Sunny Duong HIST 426 10/17/12 When the King Took Flight In June 1791, King Louis XVI and his family snuck out of Paris during the night, hoping to escape from the French Revolution and its violence. He planned to escape the country and return with foreign assistance to reclaim control of France, but the people of Varennes stopped and detained him until authorities arrived and sent him back to Paris. Louis’ attempted escape, in addition to the letter he left behind denouncing the Revolution, “profoundly influenced the political and social climate of France” (223). His escape outraged many people and left the administration in shambles, and this caused tensions to break out. To control the situation, the people of France quickly organized

It was hard to find a seat in the hall, most of them were already taken. After wandering around looking for a place to rest my feet for what felt like hours, I found one single chair in the center of the room. That was when the bell rang, and each guest was presented with the largest plate of food anyone had ever seen. As I sat there eating I watched the soon to be King and Queen. They both seemed nervous, and were bitter toward one another. They did not share a look of love, but rather a look of brokenness. The brokenness faded and was replaced with excitement once the crown was brought out on the white satin pillow. That is when weird things began to happen.

The only child of James V of Scotland and his French-born wife Mary of Guise, I was born in December 1542 in the Linlithgow Palace as Mary Stuart. My Father died a six days after my birth, and then I became Mary, Queen of Scots, with my mother acting as a regent in my stead (Source 1). At just five years of age, I was betrothed to Henry VIII’s son, Edward, but my Catholic guardians were opposed to the match, and took me too Stirling Castle, breaking the agreement(Source 1). The Scots betrothed me to the son of Henry II, Francis, the four year old heir to the French crown, and sent me to be raised at his courts (Source 1). I loved him with a strong sisterly affection (Source 4) and he loved me as a brother would love a sister.

Marie de France is concerned with living the good life which consists of following true love. In her story entitled “Lanval,” Marie de France describes a knight who is envied by many because of his “valour, generosity, beauty, and prowess” (295). Although many people are envious of Lanval and his

Primary Sources England. King Charles II. RULES AND ORDERS. N.p.: n.p., 1666. The National Archives. Web. 10 Nov. 2015. This document is helpful to use for our research because it is a list of orders the King of England published in 1666. The list included strict rules and orders intended to be followed for the prevention of the infectious bubonic plague.

Attack of the Red Death Thinking back, I realize that I'm never going to get my children back. The Red Death has ruined many, many families and taken countless lives. I felt bad for the other families, but it wasn’t until it attacked my family that I

While exploring the ways of European royalty by journeying through lives, I was struck by the system of arranged marriages. Kings and Queens would arrange the marriages of their children with the royalty of other countries to serve as treaties between borderlines. Often, children were promised to those who were tens years or more their senior or junior, such as the case of Henry VIII’s younger sister, Mary Tudor. Mary was betrothed at age eighteen to the recently widowed 52-year-old Louis XII of France. This marriage was arranged as an act of peace that settled any rivalry between France and

When The King Took Flight There are many events that happened in history that makes the world how it is today. Many people don’t realize that society has changed dramatically from the 17th century to now. In those days they dealt with a different type of government system, (monarchy) in which the king is in control of the government. Some kings are great in which they run their country well and have the respect of those around them and beneath them in society, and you also have those who don’t have the respect or the authority to the people.

Mary Tudor: Old and New Perspectives, is a new look at a woman that has been studied for decades. This book is a positive, and different, look on Mary Tudors reign as queen of England. This novel is composed of essays by ten different historians who analyze different aspects of Mary’s reign and provide new perspectives on it. The book is split into two sections, old and new perspectives. The first section, old perspectives, is a broader look of Mary’s reign and reputation after her death. The second section, new perspectives, looks closer at the details of her life. Susan Doran and Thomas Freeman argue in the beginning of the book that if Mary Tudor had lived ten years longer, her reign would have been looked at successfully, and England, Scotland, and most of Europe would be Catholic. They continue on to say that if she would have lived longer, Mary Queen of Scots would have ascended to the throne after her. This would have kept England catholic and there would have not been aid to any protestant rebellions in Europe that came about during Elizabeth’s reign. Though this seems to be the argument in the introduction and the essays of Doran and Freeman, there lacks evidence of this in other essays. This argument, although it is based on fiction, sets the tone of the rest of the novel that Mary’s reign was not as bad as it is portrayed. Overall the novel is successful in conveying its message, but I did not enjoy the book. It is hard for me to read people’s opinions of what

The economics of marriage was not the only pressure on children to marry where their parents directed. Sixteenth-century children, and girls in particular, were very much brought up to obey, and to believe that it was their duty to their parents… to marry the person chosen for them. It would have taken a very strong-minded girl indeed to have refused to follow her parents’ wishes. Girls who did refuse the partner offered could find themselves bullied by their parents. (3)

King’s own life started out very rough. His father left when he was two, which left his mother, to raise him by herself. King is often asked during his interviews whether this had an impact on him and his writing. His response is usually along the line of, the fact that he would like have liked to meet him and ask him why he left but as he got older his train of thought went more to the fact that he would like to meet him, ask him why, and then knock his head off. King does not talk about his young life very much other than to talk about his writing. He does say that as a child they moved around a lot. He was born in Maine, moved all around during his and his brother’s childhood, before his mother settled back in Maine, where he still

Henry V: The Commoner's King Henry the Fifth has been noted as England’s best King throughout history. He was loved among the common people and nobles alike for his fairness, his effectiveness on the throne, his justness, and his ability to relate to people of all classes. The kings that reigned before him, especially his father King Henry IV and King John, provide a striking contrast to Hal’s attitude on the throne. Kings of the past had not experienced the life of the common people, and chose to lead their lives in the realm of the castle. As we witnessed in I Henry IV, Hal’s father even went as far to discuss this approach to ruling at length with Hal. Henry IV believed that a king was best admired and supplicated if he was kept

Father Betrayal Lancelot thought his summer romance would never end until his sweetheart Penelope. Penelope was the girl of his dreams. A brunet girl with green eyes, a wild but fun personality and a sense of humor a comedian would kill for. Lancelot knew she was the one he was going

On November 14th 1969: Slate, gusty clouds storm the ocean coral blue skies glistening above. Raindrops hit the pitch back driveway holding my blue BMW convertible. On the few days it tends to rain on a yearly basis in LA, it just has to be today: the day of my wedding. Stefan suggested we’d just proceed with the ceremony, but deep down, I had always pictured my wedding day as one of the most alluring and captivating days of my life. A beautiful bride prancing down the narrow aisle, as the entire world's attention and focus seems to revolve around the only two people that mattered for more than just a minute: the bride and the groom. I didn’t want it to appear as one of those self-centered occasions, but I figured every female was equitable to that one day they’d never forget prior and posterior to that significant event that often only occurs once in a lifetime; and undoubtedly that day would have been today. I certainly wasn’t looking forward to a day captivated in a dimmered building with creaky-rusted chairs and booths. Imagining violet-pink hydrangeas encircling the trail leaving behind the separation of two soulmates and bringing forth the unison of two souls who were once broken hearted, but bonded through conceptions and compatible intentions forming advantageous intonations. My fabrication had always seemed too “wild to possess,” my mother had always described it as. Though, every 25-year old kid was susceptible to the most inordinate imaginations and a sense of