King John After the divine right of kings set forth by William the conqueror. There was 133 years before the reign of King John. All that time the king had maintained a balance between the nobles and the peasantry. However, King John was hugely unpopular and upset many of his subjects. Reign of King John- 1199 In the times of the legend of Robin Hood, the Archbishop of Canterbury died there was a crisis. The Pope usually chose the successor however, whoever he chose always had the Pope's interests in mind instead of the king's. So King John insisted that one of his friends be appointed to the position of power. The disagreement escalated to the point that the Pope order English churches to be closed for 6 years, excommunication of the King and invited foreign princes to overthrow King John. King John prepared for foreign invasion by heavily taxing his nobility. This upset many. A nyone was heard criticizing him where thrown straight in jail. Robin Hood is believ...
Salt and copper Crossing the desert, paying a horseman from the destination to meet you The Sahara Egypt was always a prosperous cross-road between three continents. At a time, the Kingdom of Carthage in modern day Tunisia & Libya was the biggest rival to the Roman Empire. the Moors of modern-day Morocco had conquered half of Spain until being forced out in the 14 th century, and the great Christian philosopher Augustine of Hippo (St Augustine named after) was a member of the Berber people from modern-day Algeria during the last days of the Roman Empire. However, these lands all bordered the Sahara Desert. The largest hot desert in the world. Covering almost 6 million square miles, it’s the size of China and the US combined. Alone it makes up 8% of the earths land mass. It receives less than an inch of rain each year, has a highest recorded temperature of 136 Fahrenheit and an average annual temperature of 86. (Florida is 72) Meanwhile, at night it drops to 21 degr...
Part 5- End of Republic, Restoration and Hobbes Cromwell's Rule Cromwell ordered the invasion of the Spanish controlled Caribbean island of Hispaniola. When the invasion failed Cromwell believed that God was punishing them. He set about redeeming the country by closing all pubs and ale makers. Sports and entertainment was banned. People who did work on the lord's day were placed in stocks. Public morals were improved by the fear of punishment. However, support for Cromwell was falling. People didn't like being governed or corrected by a military officials informed by a network of spies. After being attacked, Spain declared war on Great Britain. So Cromwell agreed a treaty with France, who also disliked Spain. Charles II fled from France to the Spanish controlled Netherlands. Cromwell needed help paying for an army so he called for new elections for a new parliament. Votes were counted but about a hundred nominees were thrown out because of various "immor...
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