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Charles V subordinated all his policies to the realization of a reactionary program of creating a “worldwide Christian monarchy” and made militant Catholicism his banner. His absolutist policies in Spain and the Netherlands provoked a number of uprisings (the uprising of the Comuneros of 1520– ...
Spain. The Commons, however, responded coldly. Charles had lent ships to Louis XIII. to be used against the Protestants at LaRochelle, and the Commons were not aware of the subterfuges and fictitious delays intended to prevent their employment. The Protestant feelings of the Commons were also ...
Stephen King recently tweeted “World-building is a phrase I really wish would be retired. Not only is it sloppy and lazy, it has become trite.” King’s slinging of the guns at the term “world-building” triggered a chorus of responses: smug nodding of the proverbial heads, passionate ...
Other insightful studies are Leanda de Lisle, The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr (2017); Charles Carlton, Charles I: The Personal Monarch, 2nd ed. (1995); David Cressy, Charles I and the People of England (2015); and Andrew Lacey, The Cult of King Charles the Martyr...
Edward Forbes supposed that the Azores, the Madeiras, and Canaries “are the last remaining fragments” of a continent which once connected them with Western Europe and Northern Spain. Lyell’s “Principles,” Edition XI., Volume II., page 410. See Forbes, op. cit.) on the same grounds ...
Battle of Marston Moor, 2nd July 1644 Charles, aged 12 Hello! I have heard that my cousin, Prince Rupert, was attacked by those bad Roundheads and his dog, Boye, you know that poodle which pee’d if you said the name ‘Pym’ and would do a dance for dad, got shot by a Roundhead...
60% in 2nd and 3rd or 4th passage French oak tonneaux, 10% in new French oak tonneaux and 30% in 5/30 year old untoasted Allier or Slavonian 24 HL barrels for 12 months. The wine is aged for another 12 months in bottle before release. This is an elegant wine with hints of red ...
(Editor’s note: Stralla was one of the seven founding members of the Napa Vintners Association in 1944) on an annual basis (his lease ran out in 1940). It was just an open cellar with dirt floors and half of a 2nd floor and a partial 3rd floor. People would take the wood from ...
Spanish succession upon her marriage to the French king, as her aunt Anne had done on the occasion of her marriage to Louis XIII. Margarita Teresa, however, made no renunciation and, moreover, was named in Philip IV’s will as the next heir after his son Charles (Charles II of Spain)...