Thomas Wolsey was born and raised in Ipswhich, Suffolk. Ipswhich, Suffolk is a town located in England. Thomas was Robert Wolsey’s son who which was a butcher and cattle dealer. He was highly intelligent. In fact, at the age of 15, he attended Magdalen College, Oxford. He was appointed Henry VIII’s Chaplain in 1507. Thomas Wolsey was mainly known for building Hampton Court; the Hampton court was later taken over by Henry VIII. Hampton Court was a marvellous place that was all about presentation, from the way you looked, to the way the table was set up. Thomas Wolsey built on from the basic structure of Knight Hospitaller to Hampton Court. Many kings and queens remodeled Hampton Court in various ways when they were residence; such as William …show more content…
Wolsey became a priest in 1498 in Marlborough, Wiltshire. In 1507, Henry VIII appointed him as royal Chaplain. 1509, was a year that Wolsey became Henry’s accession after his father's death, as well as the royal almoners and privy councilor. He also organized the army's invasion of France in 1513. Between 1514 and 1529, Wolsey had authority over the domestic and foreign policy. (Thomas W. 1). Henry accolades Wolsey for his hard work and dedication by granting him innumerable religious titles. However, when Wolsey was incapable of helping divorce Henry and Catherine of Aragon, he lost all of his privileges except for Archbishop of York. (History Learning). In 1530, he was taken into custody for false charges of treason. Which he then died of natural causes on the way to London. (Thomas W. …show more content…
After Henry took over Hampton Court, he built more than half of the palace. In fact, the basic formation you see today was his design. Henry added on to various parts of Hampton Court. For example: He built most of the tudor parts, kitchen, Chapel Royal, and the tennis court. He also made the design for the Great Hall. The watching chamber was built for Jane Seymour, one of Henry’s six wives. Not to mention, many say that Jane’s heart and lungs are trapped in a box behind Chapel Altar. They believe that the only residence that did not make any changes were, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. However, parts of the tudor were tore down when William and Mary were residences. (Eakins). The Hampton Court was built into a bishop's palace upstream on the River Thames river. Many would say that the palace was for entertainment, as well as providing a place for diplomatic visits. That being said, Hampton Court was all about display. People came in their best attire. Wolsey was condemned for his lavish lifestyle as well as the palace. He created a chamber for himself and three other suites; for Henry VII, Queen Catherine of Aragon, and their daughter, Princess Mary. Of course there was more rooms, roughly 1,000 actually. Many of the rooms were used for the staff and his guest. (Historic
The hall was designed by a land surveyor from London named John Thorpe. Construction of the hall started in 1618 and despite the hall being incomplete, Sir Thomas Holte and his wife, with several of their sixteen children moved in, in 1631. Four years later, Aston Hall was complete.
While England lost its power to the nobles, France was able to control them .Instead of having the live among the peasants and the middle class, Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles in order to force the nobles to be near the king to make sure that they were unable to create conflict with the will of the monarch. This way, the nobles no longer were the people that the middle class would run to when they had a
Thomas Cromwell Is known as the architect of the English Reformation and legal advisor to King Henry VIII. However not many historians look into the life of Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is notorious with the English Reformation. Every source on Cromwell speaks a little on the man himself, they focus on the part he played in the Kings “great matter”. Thomas Cromwell was a self taught man and struggled for everything he had. Cromwell began his journey to the Kings court in the most modest of ways. He left home at age fifteen because of a dispute with his father. His life before the reformation helped shape his decisions and his actions. Yet very few historians spend any real time looking at whom and what led Thomas Cromwell to become the Kings
Thomas Paine was an activist for many causes throughout his lifetime including the abolition of slavery, government rule by democracy rather than a monarchy, and in later years about what he believed were falsehoods in the Bible. He was an advocate for freedom of the people and his writings were often controversial. He believed in democracy and leaned toward rule by the common man. After becoming a friend of Benjamin Franklin, he traveled to the colonies. While in the colonies his writings on the American Revolution caused him to become an enemy of the British Government. When he returned to Great Britain his writings as a proponent for the French Revolution caused him to have to flee to France to avoid arrest. His political stance in France eventually caused him to be imprisoned and he eventually had to flee again to the United States to escape long-term imprisonment. He traveled quite a bit and was able to see firsthand the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Thomas Paine was a gifted writer, and he was very devoted to his causes. He is extremely famous for his pamphlet Common Sense which he wrote about what he felt was the necessity for American independence and later had an input into the Constitution of the United States of America. There were a number of gifted male writers during this timeframe who wrote about the same issues, including Edmund Burke, so even though he was a revolutionary writer, he was not unique.
The palace of Versailles was built by King Louis XIV of France and the Escorial was built by King Philip II of Spain. The two kings each had their differences about their beliefs on how to rule, yet there are some similarities. Louis XIV believed in showing off his power and being open. Philip II was a simplistic guy devoted to Catholicism. They both had military to spread their beliefs and ideas. Despite the kings’ beliefs, their palaces reflected their ideals.
King Henry VIII was one of the most powerful rulers of the fifteenth century, who had a very captivating life many people are not aware of. Most people know Henry VIII as a Berserk king with too many wives, but there is more to Henry VIII than that. Few people know about his life and what he truly contributed to our world. Henry VIII was an almighty leader of England who won’t soon be forgotten. Henry VIII was born in Greenwich, England on June 28, 1491.
When something bad happens, it’s easy to get angry, to point fingers; however, it eventually gets difficult to silence the sneaky voice in our heads whispering that it was all our own fault, that we deserved it. In this soliloquy, Wolsey is coming to terms with his own downfall, and he flies through this myriad of emotions. Shakespeare evokes the elements of allusion, figurative language, and tone to depict the full scope of Wolsey’s complicated, divided reaction to being removed from his job.
When Louis XIII built his hunting lodge on the hillside of Versailles in 1623 , I suspect he never imaged the true master piece of French Baroque architecture it would become and that it would continue live throughout history in all its glory, almost viewed as a physical timeline of the history of France. Versailles was the seat of absolute monarchy and became its own symbol, it became the physical representation for power. Looking past its extensive historical background, the palace of Versailles has such a complex architectural and artistic influence as nearly four generations of French king royals have lived in the palace continually expanding and renovating it to match the current styles and inspirations of that era. In creating Versailles,
On August 9, 1632 he was born in the village of Wrington in Somercast. His father was a country solicitor and small landowner who fought in the English Civil War on the Puritan side. During his early childhood, the king, Parliament, Protestants, Anglicans and Catholics all were in conflict with each other which lead to the civil war in 1640.
Slowly but surely Jefferson finished a small brick building, which was the south pavilion, in 1770. Later the north pavilion was finished and served as a study for his son-in-law.
When his father died in 1509, Henry Tudor VIII became King Henry VIII (“Young Henry VIII”). When Henry took the throne, he gave most of the responsibility to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He did this because as a 17 year old boy, he felt he wasn’t ready for all of that responsibility at once (Sommerville). Even though he was king, he had no desire to know the everyday problems of England. One of Henry’s biggest accomplishments as king was implementing a naval fleet.
The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, serves as the meeting place for the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Old Palace was a medieval building that was destroyed by fire in 1834. After the fire, a competition was held for architects to submit plans for the new building that should be in a Gothic or Elizabethan style hoping to embody the conservative values of England. A Royal commission chose Charles Barry’s designs for a Perpendicular Gothic palace. Barry’s own style was more classical than Gothic which is why Augustus Pugin’s involvement was so crucial in Barry winning the competition. Barry’s plans reflected more of his knowledge of the neo-classical style through its symmetry. Pugin was the leading authority on Gothic architecture at the time. Almost all of the remains of the Old Palace were incorporated into the new design. Their work on the Palace began in 1840 and, while most of the work was finished by 1860, the New Palace of Westminster was not complete until a decade later. One of the most identifiable features of the Palace is the Elizabeth Tower, commonly identified by its main bell, “Big Ben”. The building is also known for two main spaces; the Lord’s Chamber and the Common’s Chamber. It is well identified by its main façade which runs parallel to the River Thames. The Palace, as it stands today, has been conserved very well to best display the designs as Charles Barry and Pugin intended them to be displayed. The Palace was, and remains, the center for political life in the United Kingdom, just as it remains a major iconic landmark of London. Many articles and books have been written discussing and disputing the history and design of the New Palace of Westminster, as well as the...
The Palace of Versailles was the official home of the Kings of France from 1682 until 1790. Originally, a hunting lodge built in 1624 by Louis XIII, but then was expanded by Louis XIV in the beginning of 1669. With beautiful architecture and amazing landscape, it is one of the most well-known and beautiful palaces in France. Its garden is so unique and one of Europe's largest. It played a huge role in the French government and was used for some of the biggest meetings of Kings and Queens.
The expenses of Versailles created oppression on the people of France financially. Life at Versailles was designed to keep France above all of the other European powers by showing off their wealth. "As king of France [Louis XIV] was the embodiment of France — and his palace was meant to display the wealth and power of his nation" (Jarus, 2018). This meant that Versailles was as lavish as possible, Louis incorporated his father's small hunting lodge into the palace and added both a north and a south wing, along with nearby buildings that housed ministries. Versailles contained many gardens, statues,
History is often constructed from stories that were passed down by word of mouth and those that were put to record. When stories are shared by word of mouth the human mind has the ability to exaggerate the truth and the lines between fact and fiction can become blurred. Most of this exaggeration comes from the human nature to try and manipulate the truth to benefit oneself. The Strange Story of Thomas of Elderfield is a perfect example of what verbal passing of a story can do. I will first give a short synopsis of the story, then I will explain why this story was of great enough significance to document and finally I will explain what a person of the time would most likely take from this tale.