http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/cathymedici.html Catherine de Medici
http://www.answers.com/topic/gustav-ii-adolph-of-sweden Adolphus
http://westerncivguides.umwblogs.org/2009/12/03/the-habsburg-valois-wars/ Haps and Volois War Review
http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/hermansenjoel/Notes/Europe's%2016th%20century.pdf Wars Outline
http://www.answers.com/topic/ferdinand-ii HRE Ferdinand II
http://www.answers.com/Christian%20IV Christian IV
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/army/p/wallenstein.htm Wallenstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwKYqSyoopw&feature=related U-Tube Adolphus
http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.html First and Second in brief summary
http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/TYWHome.htmhttp://www.strategos.demon.co.uk/tywhome/http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787/30/ Arms of the War
http://us1.seafight.com/indexInternal.es?action=internalStart&help=false&battleTeaser=&sid=d53b90648987538c3b90f03752417676Pirate Game, might have to play at home. Just for fun!!!!
http://hankshistoryhour.com/2007/10/ Hank's Podcast - Students likes to use these so give them a try
http://www.slideshare.net/davebudt/wars-of-religion-thirty-years-war-presentation Slide Show on 30 Years War
http://stipteacher.net/apeuro/appodcasts/index.htm Listen to the sections marked PB for the 30 Years War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObXSVvliAs 30 Years War Video
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/military_developments_thirty.htm Military Development 30 Years War
http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.html AP Site Outline of the 30 Years War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObXSVvliAs Good Review believe this is repeat link
http://www.el-escorial.com/El-Escorial-Architecture.html Escorial Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evhqEGaDLH8 Battle of Lepanto
http://www.funnelbrain.com/fc-39427-explain-war-three-henry-s.html Flash Cards on 15 give it a try
http://marquis.hubpages.com/hub/The-War-of-the-Three-Henrys War of 3 Henry's Video at the bottom
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB56811B704ABA531 10-14 Stip Lectures
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/thirty_years_war.htm 30 Years War Topics
http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-pizarro-9442295 Pizarro
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/ Conquistadors
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/africa.shtml Explorer Chart
http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/ Explorer Chart
http://www.history.com/topics/christopher-columbus Columbus
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The first site that I went to was about the Hapsburg-Valois Wars. The collapse of the German monarchy that followed the death of emperor Frederick II in 1250 was a way for France to move in and found a dynasty. In 1494 King Charles VIII of France led an army into Italy to reclaim Naples for France, but a league of Italian states defeated him. Again, by 1512 the French had been forced to retreat from Italy. The election of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor made control of Italian territory a high priority for Francis I because the Hapsburg's had control on both sides of France. Charles V responded by sacking Rome in 1527. Francis began a third war with Charles in 1535. Then a fourth war broke out in 1542. By 1544 mtual exhaustion forced the opponents to agree to a truce.
The second site I went to was about Catherine d'Medici. She was born in 1519. Her father-in-law was Francis I of France. In 1559, Catherine's husband died in a tournament accident and her eldest son Francis II took the throne. He only ruled for 17 months and upon his death her second son, Charles IX, took the throne. This allowed Catherine to become Queen Regent of France, and she served as such until Charles IX's death. She also served as Queen Regent for her third son, Henry III. During her reign, she faced problems including the religious wars involving the Huguenots in France and the French hatred toward her.
Nicholas D'Aleo
I first watched the video on Gustavus Adolphus. The video described the monarch's conquest as a great military leader, and how he got his nickname as "The Father of Modern Warfare". Gustavus got this nickname, due to his revolutionary battle tactics which included the use of mobile artillery, and very shallow infantry ranks of 5-6 (compared to the traditional large square formations of 50 ranks deep). His countless victories and conquests on the battlefield allowed for Sweden to become the dominate power in the Baltic states for hundreds of years to come. He would also be known as "The Lion of the North", and the only Swedish Monarch to be known as "The Great".
The Second video I watched was a simulation of the Battle of Lepanto. The battle was one of the largest naval offenses launched by the Ottoman Empire against Europe. In order to stop them, the Pope at the time (which is not mentioned) organizes the Holy League of Catholic States to stop them. In the end, The Catholics were successful, with the Turks suffering over 20,000 casualties and the loss of 50 ships. The Catholics on the other hand suffered around 7,500 casualties and 17 ships sunk.
The first article I read was a war outline of the Hapsburg-Valios war 1522-1559. It disscused the issues the French faced during this war like that all of there economic progress had been taken away with the Valios had to keep giving money so they could continue fighting. Then is takes about the thirty year war and how the war occupied 4 sections of Bohmia,Danish,swedish, and the French phrase. The change of mindset due to it was women were excpeted to be dutiful and wellmannered. The great witch hunts occured due to religous fear. Un diagnosable diseases,
sexuality, psychosis, were amongst the causes of witchcraft. Slaveery and Racism both were increased during this time frame with the widespread need of labour being the main pushing force for this.
The second article that i read was about Albrecht von Wallenstein. this article talks about his early life, his rise to power, his command, his reclaiming of the power, and his downfall. he started of as a child of a minor noble family, he converted to catholicism and joined the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He married Lucretia Nikossie and gained a large fortune. during the thirty year war he gained power and support throughout his country of Bohemia. it talkes about the king got angry with some of his moves during the war and he was later able to ammend those issues and gain power back as a general of the empeeror. however, this later resulted in his death as another general later killed him in his bedroom.
The first article that I read about was about Albrecht von Wallenstein. Stein was a man of many religions. He was initially raised as a Protestant by this family. After his families death however, his uncle enrolled him in Jesuit schooling. Once he was on his own he decided to pledge himself a Catholic. After this moment he went on to fight for the war against the Ottomans. After he came home he married to the widow Lucretia Nikossie von Landeck. After her death in 1514, he inherited her mass riches In the year 1617 he then married Isabella Katharina. After this, he became an esteemed military man in the army, the problem was that he went by his own rules and in the end a secret court said he was guilty for treason.
The second page that I looked at was the page on the European exploration. This cart showed that there were many explorers and great discoveries that were done in this time period. Martian Beheme for example was one of those such explorers. What Martian did that was so important was that he invented the first globe. Even though it was not very accurate, it did represent the first time that someone had actually constructed a globe of the world. Another important sailor was James Cook. He went on his expeditions so that he could try to map the distance between the earth and the sun. Two fun facts about James was that; one, he was the first man to give fresh fruits on voyages and thus prevent scurvy. Another interesting thing was that he was killed by an anger mob when he was trying to kidnap a chief whose people stole one of his boats.
The first thing I read was the Francisco Pizarro biography. He was born in Spain in 1476 and grew up poor so he did not know how to read. However, this did not keep him from lusting for fortune and adventure. Pizarro went with Balboa in 1513 and discovered the Pacific Ocean. He overthrew the Inca leader and conquered Peru in 1532 after he got a promise from King Charles V to be able to govern any new territories he might discover. After his brother ordered the execution of Almagro, the family of Almagro revenged the death by assassinating Pizarro in 1541.
The second thing I read was about Catherine d' Medici and her impact on the world. Catherine's parents both died shortly after her birth, leaving the her as the heiress to all of the Medici possessions. At the age of eight she was held hostage after the Medici palace in Florence was attacked, which led to her being a well educated woman. Catherine was 14 years old when she married son of Francis I, Henry of Orleans. After Francis I died her husband became King Henry II of France and she became queen. The French did not like Catherine because she was Italian and not of royal blood. Henry II died in 1559 which led to Catherine becoming Regent for two of her sons. She dealt with many problems during her reign but protected the Valois Dynasty.
Alannah LeBlanc
Military developments in the Thirty Years War was the first site I went to. This time period changed the idea of war from being small battles to full on devastating war. The most significant change was that the size of each army grew to numbers never seen before for military purposes. One of the tactics introduced was the caracole; a combination of cavalry and firearms. To lead such charges as this, armies also developed their professionalism and overall skill to become successful. Improvements of firearms such as the muzzle-loading rifle became popular. Also, by creating lighter weapons, armies could move faster and stealthier. Another development was the extreme cost of warfare that it took to support the large armies.
Christopher Columbus was the subject of the second article that I read. He was born in Genoa and got a job on a merchant ship while he was still very young. After surviving a shipwreck he began to study mathematics, astronomy, cartography, and navigation. His first voyage, supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, was a find a shorter route to China. He didn't find many riches, yet he still reached the "new world." He made three other equally unsuccessful trips to the Americas. His presence in the Americas spread irreplaceable disease and environmental changes.
The first article I read was about how the small wars between European nations became entangled and all of Europe became entangled in a massive war. This, combined with the war between small Catholic and Protestant groups led to some countries, such as Germany, losing up to a third of their population.
I also watched a video about Gustavus Adolphus and his time as a militant leader. He was a reformer for military tactics and was one of the first military leaders to successfully integrate artillery into his strategies.
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