George I (1714-1727)

George was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1660. He was son of the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia, who was the heiress of the English throne.

After his mother died, he became king of Great Britain in 1714, because he was the closest Protestant relative.

During his reign, he had two rebellions against him, in 1715 and 1719, but he was able to end up with those rebellions.

George was active in English foreign policy, and his shrewd diplomatic judgment helped to establish an anti-Spanish alliance with France.

Unfortunately his reign suffered an economic crisis, so his “prime minister”, Robert Walepole, was able to administrate. As the king and his ministers were unpopular, George became less involved in government, and also because of his inability to speak English, made him less interested in Great Britain.

He died in 1727, when he was visiting Hanover, and his son George II succeed to the throne.

What it means being a Queen?

Most of the girls have wanted to be a queen once but, have you think of the consequences that this would carry?

Before you answer, let me tell you first about Queen Elizabeth, according to the movie "Golden Age" and some articles.

She was daughter and heir of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Her reign started in 1958. She is described as "a very clever young woman" due to the fact that she domained many languagues, eventhough she received good flatteries, people called her "The Virgin Queen". The reasons why she refused to mantain her lineage are unknown.

Curiously enough, we watched the Queen in the movie as: A normal human being, with a enviable strong personality that fell in love of Sir Raleigh. On the other hand, we shouldn't forget that she was very vain, high-handed and selfish. In spite of continuing judging her faults, it's necessary to explain why she behaved like that.

First of all, there were rainy days for England. All the people were wishing for a miracle. Moreover (and this was the main problem she brought on) was about her beliefs. She was Protestant, and deceided to stablish a protestant church in her reign. Besides, her country were governed by old Catholic laws, in which make people hate or love her. As religious beliefs were crutial in this scheme, her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, was an option to overthrow Elizabeth. Indeed we could watch through the film that she made a plot against her, that didn't work. Moreover Spain was a Catholic country, so they wanted to finish with her reign at all cost through the "Spanish Armada"(what a good pretext!) because it's known that in those times (and still) they just wanted to conqueer as much as they could!

Eventhough the plot is more based in love than war (the basic requeriments of a holliwoodense movie) it's captivating at the same time. Now, do you want to be a Queen?

Stonehenge

The Stonehenge was and still is one of the most magnificant places in which visitors consider it as a worldwide monument . At the same time this place keep many secrets and misteries about its creation (when and why).

It is said that this temple was built a thousand of years ago, and that the purpose of its creation it's still being an object of study by many scientists and historians.

As nowadays we could decode some misteries, it is believed by some pagans that the purpose of the Stonehenge was for "esoteric ceremonies and priestly incantations of human sacrifices" (Hibbert).

In my personal view, I knew that many tourist tend to go there because of its magic healing powers, and the Stonehenge could help them to get rid of their illness. I also knew that these blocks of stones were put in a circle for looking astronomical events, as we have seen in some videos and articles.

There are some old momuments in which perhaps we are never going to reveal the truth or the origins, but I really think that instead of trying to reasons for everything, it would be better if we stop and observe these fabolous creations, and try to guess our own reasons or theories.