Eighty Years' War

Chivalry is a concept that has baffled countless medieval historians throughout the years. Chivalry was supposedly a code that knights and nobles lived their lives by, however, like other social structures of the past historians have debated over the extent to which people lived according to chivalric principles. Sir Walter Scott believed that chivalry was meant as a code which knights could aspire, but not one that was carried out in reality. His description seems accurate. Chivalric principles

John Reynolds was born. At age 15 he volunteered to join the navy along with John Gascoigne, later in 1734 he passed his examination to his files and due to him being 21 years old he was arranged to become lieutenant in 1736. During his time while serving the home station on the HMS Argyll from 1739 to 1740. In June of the year 1741, during the starting point of the Austria Success he was promoted to the fire ship HMS Vulcan located in the West Indies. He went on to being the first lieutenant on

Henry V. The battle of Agincourt was one from a series of encounters between France and England, which was known as the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453). The English were trying to regain their lost territory from France over the centuries. King Henry V’s tactics and determination helped win the battle for England, but there were other external causes that helped win the war. Although King Henry’s army was much smaller than the French army they were much more strategic and more efficient usage of armory

Henry V and Saint Joan are well known plays both written by about the Hundred Years War. Henry and Joan are both very influential people during their time period and in their respective plays about the War, which lasted from 1337 to 1453. In the play King Henry V, the plot targets the idea of being a leader in a powerful position, and shows how Henry inspires his soldiers to be fearless in the act of war. Contrastingly, in the play Saint Joan D’Arc a peasant girl from the countryside is convinced

evaluate whether the Hundred Years War was fought according to the ideals of chivalry and to the extent these ideals were followed. This essay will examine; what is chivalry and the ideals of chivalry, the use of chivalry on the battlefield, the role new weaponry influenced chivalry during the Hundred Years War. Through examining what chivalry is numerous ideas and values will be analysed and the definition of chivalry, which will be used will be explained. The Hundred Years War was a conflict between

The war began in 1337. King Edward lll of England and other english lords thought they should be king of France simply because they were related to William the Conquer. They found this important because William the Conquer came from France and Normandy to take

The Hundred Years War was one of the most influential conflicts in European history. The Plantagenets of England and the Valois of France fought from 1337 to 1453 for control of the French throne. During this time of hostility between the two nations, many kings and queens sat on the English and French throne respectively. One of the most impactful rulers of this war was King Charles VI of France (Kagay). Now known as “The Mad King,” Charles’ early improvements and later digressions eventually led

peasants and she was born in 1412, in the little village of Domrémy, in France. She lived in a period of where France was in war against England. She grew up like any other young women her age, she was taught how to sew and spin, not to read and write. The only way she was set upart by other young women was how modest, simple, and industrial she was. When she was about thirteen years old she started hearing voices and she saw flashes of light. She believed that it was God trying to tell her something.

Have you ever heard of Joan of Arc? If so, you have most likely been taught that she was fierce, brave and that she ended the Hundred Years’ War. My impression of Joan of Arc, is quite different. According to history.com, “While the commander of the French army, Joan of Arc did not participate in active combat. Instead, she would accompany her men as a sort of inspirational mascot, brandishing her banner in place of a weapon.” My perception of this quote, for lack of better words, is that Joan of

” Japanese Commanding Officer during WWII, Hiroo Onoda, died after 30 years of hiding out in the Philippine Jungle. Onoda had no idea when the war ended so he never came out of hiding, even when the members with him had died. Onoda was considered a hero once he came out of hiding. He spent time giving speeches, writing his book, No Surrender: My Thirty Year War.” Hiroo Onoda was an important person because he spent thirty years in the jungles of the Philippines without surrendering until 1945, was