Age of Absolutism and Divine Right Monarchy
King Louis XIV: Le Roi Soleil (The Sun King)

From the eleventh to the sixteenth century, England had eight kings named Henry. Henry V was the most successful military leader; the tragic Henry VI had the most admirable character.

Hampton Court Palace originally constructed in 1514 and expanded and renovated from time to time, offers a lot of attractions to tourists and visitors with varying interests. It’s magnificent Tudor and Baroque Architecture and beautifully laid out pleasure gardens, together with a fair collection of 16th to 18th century paintings and 17th century Flemish tapestries are a source of great entertainment.

Jane Parker was the wife of George Boleyn, and would give evidence that condemned her husband and sister – in – law to death.

London, England. No other place on Earth holds such a special spot in my heart as does London, for a myriad of reasons, whether it be for the swinging social scene of the 1960’s, or from 1509’s accession to the throne of Henry VIII through his daughter Elizabeth I’s reign.

Does Bradley Manning deserve the death penalty?

The Statute of Rhuddlan was signed in 1284 at Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales and was a result of the military conquest of 1282-3 by King Edward I of England. It had been the intention of the English king to bring the Principality of Wales under English control and this he achieved after the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the Lord of Aberffraw and the Prince of Wales and his successor Dafydd ap Gruffudd.

The French port of Calais had actually been controlled by the English since Edward III captured it in 1346.

Lady Jane Grey was a cousin of the 15 year old King Edward VI, as he was dying in June 1553 he altered his will to allow his cousin to ascend to the throne and deny the claims of his two half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth.

On the 15th of January 1559, two months after the death of her half-sister Queen Mary, Elizabeth Tudor the 25 year old daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey in London.