The Hapsburg Valois Wars Of 1494 To 1559

After the king of Spain died, a prior engagement stated the grandson of Louis XIV would become king of Spain. This conflict led to the War of Spanish Succession. This was the most costly war France had engaged in almost bankrupting the country. The war ended where Louis’s grandson would become king of Spain, but the crowns of Spain and France would not be allowed to combine power. After many costly wars, tax raises, and bad harvests Louis became unpopular with the people of France.

Multiple conditions fostered increased exploration and trade in Europe during the fifteenth century. These conditions can be divided into two categories: push factors and pull factors. Push factors are situations and/or conditions in a given area that cause people to want to leave. Some examples of these include religion and the Renaissance. Pull factors are situations and/or conditions in an area that cause people to want to come to a given area. Some examples of pull factors include mythical appeal, personal/country glory, and riches. Both push and pull factors widely affected Europe’s exploration age during the fifteenth century.

The Hundred Years War, a 116 year war struggle from 1337 to 1453 was a war that raged between the most powerful European empires of their time, France and England. The rulers of the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of France got in a war over the secession to the French throne. The French king did not leave a son to rule, so the English king declared he should be king of both lands because women were not fit to rule. The war was fought mostly in French land and played an immense role on shaping both kingdoms and the world in multiple ways. The Hundred Year’s Was significant because it developed national pride, revolutionized warfare, and destroyed the French and British economy.

The Civil war between King and the parliament caused many factors to arise. Religion, money and power played a part. As for religion King Charles I married queen of France who was Catholic. This feared people in England because the thought of the king changing the country from protestant to catholic. Not only, King Charles I used tax money on his family and military weapons rather than the country. He believed the rights of kings and the power they held. As a ruler for eleven years, he always had way to make money either by taxation or loans. In the sixteenth century, these conflicts lead to a new turning point in Europe. In response, new transformation in working class, modern revolution, and expanding the government while improving the

Charles was King of the Franks, King of Italy, and the Holy Roman Emperor, a title that had ceased to exist for three centuries prior. In his reign as King/Emperor, he had the

Peter Mancall opens with Columbus, who received funding from the Spanish crown in order to explore the Americas. He claimed the new land he found for Spain, and his voyage represented the competition between European powers. These leading powers needed to stay ahead of each other, and had to be careful not to anger the Catholic Church. Europe was split into multiple provinces over effective “nation-states”, and everyone was competing with each other. Europeans also attempted to overtake Jerusalem in the thirteenth century, and were able to trade with Middle Easterners and raid other places on their way. In 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain took back Iberia, and in 1493 Pope Alexander VI gave Spain the Bull of Donation, allowing them to colonize the Americas. This led to the Treaty of Tordesillas, which split the world in half between Portugal and Spain, giving each side one of the halves. Conquistadors from Spain overran the Aztecs and Incas, and explored the southwest. They found gold and silver, but also destroyed ancient cultures in the process. France in the 1500s sent Jacques Cartier to explore; he went through the St.Lawrence Valley and took part of Canada for France. In 1608 Samuel Champlain founded Quebec. In 1609 Henry Hudson (English) failed to find the Northwest Passage, but sailed up a river, now named after him. The Dutch soon laid claim to the area and titled in New Netherland. England also searched for the Northwest Passage,

DBQ: German peasant’s revolt “We will not allow ourselves here after to be oppressed by our lords but will let them demand only what is just and proper” (doc 2). The German peasant’s revolt in 1524 was largely due to the unjust treatment and laboring of the peasants. In turn the peasants showed their displeasement by banding together and pillaged the homes of the wealthy across the Holy Roman Empire. The conflict shows and unstable system where a better alternative could have been reached with better cooperation from both sides.

“Today we gather here to discuss an issue that has ben pledging us for years,” announced the man in charge of the meeting. “As you all know, there had been a shortage of energy. Something must be done to make sure we don’t run out for good”.

Charlemagne’s father, King Pepin (the short), officially put an end to the Merovingian line of kings to become King of the Franks, and willed that Francia be divided between both Charlemagne and his brother Carloman upon his death in 768. The divided rule was short lived, ○“Carloman had succumbed to disease after ruling two years in common with his brother, at his death Charles was unanimously elected King of the

The Hundred Years War was the last great medieval war. It was a war not just between Kings, but lesser nobles were also able to pursue their own personal agendas while participating in the larger conflict. Future wars saw far less factionalism, at least on the scale found in medieval conflicts. The Hundred Years War was actually dozens of little wars and hundreds of battles and sieges that went on for over a century until both sides were exhausted. While neither side won in any real sense, the end result was that while there were two kingdoms at the

The German Peasants’ War of 1525 has been seen as both the last great medieval peasant revolt and as the first modern revolution. For more than 150 years the War has been the topic of ongoing historical debate. Indeed, it has always been a subject of contention among historians who seek to determine its relation to the Reformation. While most Reformation scholars have arrived at a consensus as to the series of events that transpired during the war, there has not been such agreement regarding the perplexing inner dynamic of the uprising. Set against the backdrops of both the German revolutions of 1848 and the political developments that characterized 1970s Germany, this debate has seen engagement from the historians Friedrich Engels and Max Steinmetz, who provide a Marxist interpretation that attempts to depict the war as the “high point of the early bourgeois revolution”, locating it within a German revolutionary tradition by citing the socioeconomic tensions that arose through the peasants’ oppressive relationship with the feudal lordship of their rural communities. Departing from the Marxist interpretation, Günther Franz has entered into the debate, defining the revolt as a “political revolution of the German peasant estate” that was made possible by the Reformation. Although he acknowledges the troubling nature of the evident economic difficulties, Franz understands the war as a response to the changing political structure of 16th century Germany. Submitting his own

The Hundred Year War was an astounding battle that took place between the 14th and 15th Century. The two sides in this war was England and France. It was started due to who should be the rightful successor of the throne for France, The two candidates where Edward III from england and Philip VI of France. This was significant because if Edward III got the throne France would belong to England. Due to the issue of power it led to the battles to come such as; The Battle of Crecy in 1346 and The Battle of Poitiers in 1356. By the time this war came to it’s end, both sides came out victorious in their own way.

The Christian religions rise to supremacy in the middle ages was the result of several factors. Christians had long been persecuted by the Roman Empire because the Romans felt that Christianity challenged and offended the Greco-Roman Gods and the Christians were prone to revolt against Roman rule. Christianity survived because it had many teachings that appealed to the downtrodden in Roman society, these teachings being that even though they were suffering they would gain equality and possibly superiority in the next life, Christianity gave them hope.

Since the first humans picked up rocks and killed each other, war has grown and changed, going from a way to solve small disputes to a massive enterprise involving all of a country’s resources. One example of such a war would have to be the one between Spain and England in the 1500’s. What started as a mere religious conflict soon became much more, with the full naval might of the two countries facing off. It culminated in a huge battle between the massive Spanish Armada and the much smaller English fleet. With superior strategy, ships, and confidence, the English managed to not only fend off the Spanish but handily defeat them, preventing what could have been a huge invasion and disaster. Queen Elizabeth herself came to rally the troops, giving them the confidence to triumph over the Spanish (Kallen, 2013). It is apparent that this battle was a major battle and turning point in history. If the Spanish had won, history would be completely different. It is for this reason that is can be considered a major turning point in history.

During the early 1700s, The Spanish Succession was a huge European conflict that was brought upon by the death of Charles II “the last of the Spanish Habsburgs.” This war was fought between two groups of European countries, The Two Crowns, and the Great Alliance, lasting from 1701, until 1714 (Britannica.com).