“The difficulty was to disempower Charles I while preserving the nation’s ancient law and customs.” (Worden 6). In The English Civil War, Blair Worden highlights the struggles between Parliament and the Royal Crown. The English Civil War was a series of conflicts that split the English nation. At the time, Parliament functioned as a temporary advising […]
“All human beings were children of the same God, according to the Bible, and yet according to the same Bible, they were sorted out into servants and masters, the accursed and the blessed, the black and the white.” (Loomba 19). The overall impact of religion can be beneficial, yet often time has a contradictory impact. During […]
I want to talk about the photo on page 94 of Envisioning America: (excuse the photo taken by my phone and re-uploaded) Instead of a quote, I felt that this photo is a powerful visual content that had deep meaning. The unrealistic amount of underwater animals symbolizes how abundant and available resources were for the Natives. It shows that […]
“And thus far did Sir Anthony St. Leger proceed in the course of reformation, which though it were a good beginning, yet was it far from reducing Ireland to the perfect obedience of the Crown of England.” The Reformation in Ireland was a movement for the reform of religious life that was driven by changes […]
“For the narrator, the sharpest competition to Walshingham and Castelnau, not from those they served, but from those who served them: what happens in the story happens not directly between them, but somewhere along the chains of human connection which led from one to the other, through their respective bodies of servants and agents and […]