Philip II
Yes. One of the bad guys is turned into a skeleton, in fact.
Yes, the Burgundians were something of a schismatic or divisive French tribe. they had captured Joan of Arc, and after holding her prisoner for a time, turned her over to the English. Burgundy was never a Nation State but is a region in present-day France known for the Viniculture- Burgundy wines, for example.
One of the reasons people turned against robspierre is because he was a french radical who took over the government in France during unstable time.
slaves
After the Phony War, Hitler turned his sights on France. He launched his blitzkrieg and quickly took Paris and trapped the bulk of Allied forces at Dunkirk. It is known as the Battle of France.
It turned it into a crusade against slavery, so that Britain and France could not afford to be seen supporting the Confederates.
It turned the war into an offical crusade against slavery - so Britain and France had to drop their plans to aid the South, because it would have made them look pro-slavery.
Because they disobeyed his orders to not attack fellow Christians in Constantinople. The fourth Crusade was supposed to be an attack on Jerusalem to liberate it from Muslim occupation. Once the Crusaders turned towards Constantinople, it no longer was a just military operation.
Britain and France had to drop their plans to help the Confederates, as the war had now been turned into an official crusade against slavery.
Lincoln. That was his principal war-aim. Later he turned the war into an Abolitionist crusade, to make it impossible for Britain and France to support the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.
Yes. One of the bad guys is turned into a skeleton, in fact.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation turned the war into an official crusade against slavery. This meant that Britain and France would have to give up their plans to help the Confederates, for fear of looking pro-slavery themselves.
Yes, the Burgundians were something of a schismatic or divisive French tribe. they had captured Joan of Arc, and after holding her prisoner for a time, turned her over to the English. Burgundy was never a Nation State but is a region in present-day France known for the Viniculture- Burgundy wines, for example.
during the 100 Years War, English rulers turned to the Parliament
The British turned their attention to the Southern colonies when France entered the war in 1778
It meant that Britain and France had to give up their plans to help the Confederates. The war had now been turned into an official crusade against slavery, and those two free nations could not be seen to fight for slavery.
Yes. The English were interested in supporting the Confederates, which would have been serious for the North, and Lincoln was very worried about this. That was the reason he issued his Emancipation Proclamation, which turned the war into an official crusade against slavery, so the British could not intervene without looking pro-slavery themselves.