Philip II of France

Post 1 - When Emperor Alexius I Comnenus was in power in 1095, Pope Urban II called together the Council of Clermont in France so that there would more help with defense against the Byzantines. He also called the military to go and take the Holy Land from the Turks. Post 2 - In 1096, Peter the Hermit, a French monk, led a group of peasants and soldiers onward to Constantinople. This came to be known as the People's Crusade. Post 3 - In 1212, the Children's Crusade began with two young boys -

the English presence in France almost entirely? The Hundred Years’ War, more precisely a 116-year long struggle between England and France, characterized by an intermittent series of battles, commenced in May 1337 as English King Edward III had claimed the vacant French throne after French King Charles IV, the son of previous monarch Philip IV, died without a male heir. Justifying his French royalty from maternal ties to Isabella of France, the only daughter of Philip IV, his declaration of kingship

striking the Middle East. The Hundred Years War began when Edward III, of England, assumed the right as king of France from King Philip VI. King Philip VI had not gone through with an agreement he had made with England to restore a part of Guienne, which had been taken by Charles IV. The French did not believe that an Englishmen should be ruling France, but rather wanted a French noble ruling France (Hundred Years War). In the beginning of the war, King Edward III attacked and took over Flanders, which

The Social, Political and Economic Reasons of the Rise and Fall of Spain During the 15th century, many considered Spain insignificant. However, within a century it became a world-dominant power in Europe. Although Spain only took a brief time to rise, it was also short-lived. The rise of Spain was due to its flourishing culture, stable political system and successful voyages to the New World. On the other hand, its decline was due to religious control, resistance from other countries and inflation

The Huguenots, who wanted to spread Calvinism, began to plot against the French monarchy that was Catholic during the reign of Henry III. During the 15 years civil war in France, the Catholic Monarchists put up a heavy resistance against Calvinist anti-monarchists. Even after the assassination of Henry III and the death of Catherine de Medici, Henry of Navarre, a Huguenot, took the throne and converted to Catholicism and

consequences. Political motivations were significant in shaping the Crusades, as evident from the rivalry for power between the Christians and the Muslims, as well as internally within the Christian world, and the launching of the Crusades by Pope Urban II who harbored political interests in establishing his authority in the Christian world. However, it is wrong to say that the Crusades had nothing to do with religion because whilst the political and power motivations to prevent the Muslims from gaining

Philip, who took the throne in 1285, wished to make his sovereignty over Europe’s largest kingdom clear. One of the ways he sought to accomplish this was to increase his personal revenue through changing his tax policy. Aside from introducing a sales tax in northern France and implementing tribute payments, he also sought to collect taxes from church lands during his war with England

Elizabeth, as the Queen of a powerful country, had many suitors including Philip II of Spain, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Prince Frederik of Denmark, and King Charles IX of France. However, when it came to marriage proposals she became famous for waiting her suitors out. England was in delicate balance after having 3 different queens in 4 years and going from Protestant to Catholic and back again . Although Philip and many of her other suitors might have been good strategical alliances for

Austria to abandon its Serb-populated possessions (Adler, Philip J., and Randall Lee Pouwels.)

Templar became nothing more than an embattled order that became subjected to secret arrest warrants. The Knights were ultimately captured and tortured which culminated in a pile of false confessions, most of which were unfounded and simply untrue. King Philip took advantage of such false confessions and convinced the newly elected pope, who was elected under engineered election falsification, to dismantle and capture those that were true to their faith and land. A torturous and deadly ending to a group