William the Silent, Prince of Orange

Born in 1533 in the Holy Roman Empire; modern-day Germany, to the house of Nassau. He had four younger brothers and seven younger sisters, making him the oldest of twelve. His siblings' names were John, Hermanna, Louis, Mary, Anna, Elisabeth, Katharine, Juliane, Magdalene, Adolf, and Henry. He was raised Lutheran and when his cousin died in 1544, William inherited …

The Anglo-Spanish war

During the mid to late fifteen hundreds the Christian faith went under a great reformation, and countries bounced back and forth between Catholicism and Protestantism depending on the beliefs of the current rulers. England is a good example of this as during the reign of Edward IV he led England to a more protestant country, …

Gerhard Groote

Gerhard Groote was a christian reformer who is often forgotten about when the great reformers are talked about, but with out this man the reformation would not have been the same. Gerhard Groote was born in Holland 1340, which is nowadays Netherlands. Europe was in a time of trouble with the black death killing thousands …

The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses was a civil war in England between two houses. The house of Lancaster = [L] [Its emblem had a red rose on it] and the house of York = [Y] [Theirs had a white rose]. The war lasted for thirty years from 1455 to 1485. All wars start with a …

Da Vinci

Many of you would have heard of Da Vinci. He was one of the greatest minds and artists of the late fourteen hundreds. Da Vinci is of course most famous for the painting the Mona Lisa but was also a great inventor, as well as a remarkable painter. He was a genius for his time …

Jan Hus

Jan Hus was a reformer from the Czech Republic who lived in the late fourteenth century. He loved the works of John Wycliffe and also preached against heresies in the church. He was born in Bohemia in 1369 and went to school and university even though his family was poor. He obtained his degree in …

The Church Fathers

The title of "church father" is given to several highly influential men that developed the church in the years after the bible cannon had finished. There were four church fathers picked by the Eastern church and four by the Western. Eastern Church FathersBasilAthanasiusGregory of NazangusJohn ChrysostomWestern Church FathersSaint AmbroseSaint JeromeSaint AugustinePope Gregory the Great These …

Byzantium and Justinian

Justinian was born a shepherd, but at sixteen he walked all the way to Constantinople, to see his uncle, Justin. Justin was captain of the Emperor's guard and gave young Justinian a good education. He was a smart, and good-looking young man, and was widely respected among his peers. Once the emperor of the time …

The Beginnings of Islam

I am not promoting Islam, but I think that it is important to understand the different religions of the world and the effect that they have on the world. Islam was founded by a man named Muhammad. He was born in Mecca in 570 AD. His father died shortly after his birth, and his mother …

My favourite part of history

I have learned about many things in the past year of history, but a few topics stood out to me. Mainly the topics of Greece and Rome. Though Greece I found was a little more interesting, so I will write about Greece. Greece is located North of Egypt and East of Turkey and is a …