John II of France

family, the Capetian dynasty. This line of kings would rule France until 1328 and would restore royal authority throughout the kingdom. In the 11th century Capetian kings gradually built up power and extended their authority outside of Paris. In the 12th and 13th centuries they strengthened the monarchy through war and marriage alliances. Philip Augustus, or Philip II (ruled 1180–1223), took control of Normandy from the English king John. Louis IX (1226–70) improved the administration of the kingdom

At the time the reformation began, France was full of demobilized and unpaid soldiers, and many peasants found themselves with heavy tax burdens. The Catalyst preachers found themselves a common and receptive audience with the message of uncorrupted faith in their government. Huguenot nobleman

Was James II the architect of his own downfall? In many aspects James II can be seen as being the architect for his own downfall. James II inherited the throne from Charles II in a relatively strong position. However, James was known to be a catholic by many and this caused a lot of worry amongst many people. The people in general feared catholicism and what it would come to bring. It can be seen that James II bought the 1688 Glorious revolution upon himself. There were many factors which brought

Brittney Henley Pd. 2A Chapter 12: Age of Religious Wars Key Topics; -War between Calvinists and Catholics in France. -The Spanish occupation of the Netherlands. -Struggle for supremacy between England and Spain. -The devastation of Central Europe during the Thirty Years’ War. |Vocabulary |Notes | | |

result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was that France was left furious over the loss of

separating the three zones controlled by France, Britain and America. This separation occurred after World War II. The Berlin Wall was something of a propaganda disaster for the Soviet Union and East Germany; it showed the communist to be tyrannical in the way they controlled the movement (The Berlin Wall). The Wall was built because of a long lasting suspicion among the Soviet Union on one side and Western Europe and the United States on the other. Once World War II was over, these Allies no longer had

cases was advocated through powerful religious rhetoric and connotations. Moreover, the emergence and growth of Solidarity and therefore the downfall of the Polish Communist regime was to a great extend caused by Pope John Paul II and the visits he paid to his native Poland. John Paul II drew forth

ART ANALYSIS: SAINT MARK The Italian artist Donatello was selected by one of the guilds in Florence to make a sculpture of their patron Saint Mark, and Donatello delivered. In the early fourteenth century, half of Florence’s market hall was torn down to make room for Orsanmichele, a meeting place for all the guilds of Florence. In 1339, each guild was given its own spot to personalize and decorate. Though it took much more time than originally planned, in 1411, Donatello was chosen by the linen

little things like giving a character similar traits to someone they know, and other times the author would base the entire work off of his or her own life. In John Irving's case, he didn't paraphrase everything that had happened to him up until then, but he added one crucial detail that was enough to make a huge difference in his books. Two of John Irving's novels, The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany both go into depth about how

World War II, both the United States and the Soviet Union were fearful of fighting each other directly from fear of nuclear weapons and mass destruction (D. Johnson, P. Murray). Instead, they fought each other by participating in wars on separate parts of the world. Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union constantly fluctuated due to both sides trying to influence political and economic developments around the world (D. Johnson, P. Murray). Following World War II, the United