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Henry, Patrick. 1736-99. US revolutionary. “Give me liberty or give me death” 1775. Bill of Rights.
Henry I. 1069-1135. King of England 1100-. Regained Normandy for England 1106. Defined yard 1101.
Henry I. c1008-60. French king 1031-.
Henry II. 1133-1189. Plantagenet king of England 1154-. Common Law system. Married Eleanor of Aquitaine. Angevin Empire. Becket. Rosamund.
Henry II. 1519-59. French king 1547-. Repressed Protestants. Captured Calais 1558. Treaties of Chambord, Cateau-Cambrésis.
Henry III. 1202-72. English king, 1216-. Provisions of Oxford 1258. Montfort.
Henry III. 1551-89. French king 1574-. Wars of Religion, Three Henrys. Assassinated.
Henry IV. 1366-1413. Rebelled vs Richard II. King of England 1399-. Consolidated government. First Lancaster.
Henry IV. of Navarre. 1553-1610. King of France 1589-. Converted to Catholicism. Edict of Nantes protected Protestant rights. ’Reign of Rebuilding’. Assassinated by Ravaillac. Margaret of France.
Henry V. 1086-1125. German king 1106-, Holy Roman Emperor 1111-. Imprisoned pope 1111, ending investiture controversy. Concordat of Worms.
Henry V. 1387-1422. King of England 1413-. Claimed France. Victor at Agincourt. Treaty of Troyes.
Henry VI. 1421-71. King of England and France 1422-61, 70-1. Founded King’s College Cambridge, Eton. Lost France except Calais. Weakness led to War of Roses. Deposed.
Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.
Henry VIII. 1491-1547. King of England 1509-. Executed Thomas More. Established Church of England. Dissolved monasteries. Six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.
Hephaestus. Greek god of fire, metalsmith. =Vulcan.
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Heracleitus. c540-480BC. Greek philosopher. ’The only permanent thing is change.’ Fire is basis of matter.
Hercules. Roman hero = Greek Heracles.
Hermaphroditus. Greek deity with male and female attributes.
Hermes. Greek fertility, messenger god. = Mercury.
Hermetic Texts. 1/3 C Egyptian astrology and magic books.
Herod. 73-4BC. King of Judaea 37BC-. Massacre of the Innocents.
Herod Antipas. 21BC-39 AD. Galileen king 4BC-. Killed John the Baptist for Salome.
Herodes Atticus. c101-177. Greek/Roman orator, banker. Gave major buildings to Athens.
Herodotus. c484-420BC. Greek historian and explorer. “Father of History”-Cicero.