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Richard III was KIng of England for two years before his untimely death in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last King of the House of York and Plantagent Dynasty.
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Columbus's journey to the Americas marked the first lasting European contact with the Americas. Columbus's original journey was made to gain the upper hand in the race to trade spices with Asia.
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Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is most famous for her elusive smile. Leonardo used a special technique to make the eyes and smile appear as if the orgin of them are unknown.
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The book was written before the outbreak of the Reformation. It was orginally written in Latin and later translated into other languages. Utopia was written to describe the perfect, ideal human society.
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Whe Henry VIII declared himself head of the church, he then seperated the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church and reformed England into a Protestant instead of Roman Catholic country.
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Her reign was called the Elizabethean era, known for the flourish of arts and dramas led by people such as William Shakespeare. It was also know for the adeventuring that took place.
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William Shakespeare was born to John and Mary Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom.
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The Globe was the principle playhouse of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Most of Shakespeare's plays were performed here.
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Both plays are tragedies written after Kings. They both point out the flaws with Elizabethean society and corruption.
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Jamestown was the first town to succed after many failed attempts at the town Roanoke. Jamestown served as the capitol of the colony for 83 years.
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Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets dealing with themes such as time, love, beauty and mortality.
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WHen the King James Version of the BIble was published it was a milestone in Christianity for the English world. The Bible was a modified version of a different bible that King James published.
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The Mayflower was a ship that carried 102 passengers from England to the New World. These Pilgrims started towns and colonies which have grown to what we are today.
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Newspapers were first printed in pamphlet form and mostly reported war.
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem written in blank verse. It contains the biblical story of The Fallen Man. Milton wrote it to "justify the ways of men."
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Charles was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was proclaimed King in 1649 but that was illegal according to the Commonwealth period they were going through. He was then officially made King in 1660.
